Toshiko Abe | |
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阿部 俊子 | |
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
Assumed office 1 October 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Shigeru Ishiba |
Preceded by | Masahito Moriyama |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 11 September 2005 | |
Constituency | Okayama 3rd (2017-2021) Chugoku PR block (2005-2017, 2021-present) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ishinomaki, Japan | May 19, 1959
Political party | Liberal Democratic |
Alma mater | Miyagi Gakuin Women's Junior College Mitsui Memorial Hospital Nursing School University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Illinois at Chicago (PhD) |
Toshiko Abe (阿部 俊子, Abe Toshiko; born 19 May 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, since 2005.
A native of Miyagi Prefecture, she attended Miyagi Gakuin Women's Junior College and Mitsui Memorial Hospital Nursing School; University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Illinois at Chicago for her Doctorate (PhD.) in the United States.
She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in September 2005.[citation needed] She currently resides in her home prefecture in Japan, and she is divorced from Bloomberg media professional, J. M. Moran (Chicago Illinois).[citation needed]