Hatsu Ando

Hatsu Ando (, 20 January 1912 – 4 December 1985) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.

Biography Hatsu Sen was born in Nirayama in 1912. She graduated from a teacher training college in Shizuoka Prefecture and taught at a in Omimura until marrying Hideo Ando. She became a member of the New Japan Cultural Association and served as president of the Shin-Etsu Industrial Company. After being elected, she joined the National Cooperative Party. She lost her seat in the 1947 elections.

Ando subsequently lived in the suburbs of Tokyo until her death in 1985.