Yoriko Kawaguchi

Yoriko Kawaguchi
川口 順子
Kawaguchi in 2002
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
1 February 2002 – 27 September 2004
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byMakiko Tanaka
Junichiro Koizumi (acting)
Succeeded byNobutaka Machimura
Minister of the Environment
In office
6 January 2001 – 8 February 2002
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHiroshi Ohki
Director-General of the Environmental Agency
In office
4 July 2000 – 5 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byKayoko Shimizu
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1941-01-14) January 14, 1941 (age 83)
Tokyo, Japan
Children2
Residence(s)Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Yale University
Websitehttp://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]

  1. ^ "Hon. Yoriko Kawaguchi". United States-Japan Foundation. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference tokyof was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Northeast Asia Regional Meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 14 April 2014.