Sadako Ogata

Sadako Ogata
緒方 貞子
Sadako Ogata in 1993
President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency
In office
1 October 2003 – 30 March 2012
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAkihiko Tanaka
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
In office
3 November 1990 – 31 December 2000
Preceded byThorvald Stoltenberg
Succeeded byRuud Lubbers
President of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
In office
1978–1979
Preceded byFerdinand Oyono
Succeeded byZaki Hasan
Personal details
Born
中村 貞子 (Nakamura Sadako)

(1927-09-16)16 September 1927
Azabu, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
(present day Minato, Tokyo, Japan)
Died22 October 2019(2019-10-22) (aged 92)
Tokyo, Japan
Spouse
(m. 1960; died 2014)
ChildrenTwo; including Atsushi Ogata
Alma materUniversity of the Sacred Heart
Georgetown University
University of California, Berkeley

Sadako Ogata, née Nakamura (緒方 貞子, Ogata Sadako, 16 September 1927 – 22 October 2019), was a Japanese academic, diplomat, author, administrator, and professor emerita at the Roman Catholic Sophia University.[1]: 222  She was widely known as the head of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1991 to 2000, as well as in her capacities as Chair of the UNICEF Executive Board from 1978 to 1979[2][3] and as President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from 2003 to 2012. She also served as Advisor of the Executive Committee of the Japan Model United Nations (JMUN).[4]

  1. ^ Wessels, David (1996). "Sadako Ogata". In Volcansek, Mary L.; Solakor, Rebecca M. (eds.). Women in Law: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook.
  2. ^ "Officers of the UNICEF Executive Board 1946–2016" (PDF). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Sadako Ogata (Japan): 1991-2000". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ "MUN in Japan - 27th All Japan Model United Nations". All Japan Model United Nations (AJMUN). Retrieved 13 April 2016.