Yoriko Kawaguchi | |
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川口 順子 | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 1 February 2002 – 27 September 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
Preceded by | Makiko Tanaka Junichiro Koizumi (acting) |
Succeeded by | Nobutaka Machimura |
Minister of the Environment | |
In office 6 January 2001 – 8 February 2002 | |
Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Hiroshi Ohki |
Director-General of the Environmental Agency | |
In office 4 July 2000 – 5 January 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
Preceded by | Kayoko Shimizu |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | January 14, 1941
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo Yale University |
Website | http://yoriko-kawaguchi.jp |
Yoriko Kawaguchi (川口 順子, Kawaguchi Yoriko, born January 14, 1941) is a Japanese politician. Born in Tokyo, she holds a BA in international relations from the University of Tokyo, and an MPhil in economics from Yale University, where she became a member of President's Council on International Activities. Currently, she is a professor at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs in Tokyo.[1]
Kawaguchi is a former Minister of the Environment of Japan from 2000 to 2002. Subsequently, she served Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2004 and continued as a special adviser to the Japanese prime minister for foreign affairs from 2004 to 2005. She was also a former Member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party from 2005 to 2013.[2] In July 2008, she was appointed cochair of a new International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, with former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gareth Evans.[3]
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