Yuriko Koike
Yuriko Koike (born 15 July 1952) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Tokyo.[1]
Yuriko Koike | |
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小池 百合子 | |
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| Governor of Tokyo | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2016 | |
| Deputy | Mitsuchika Tarao Hiroshi Kajihara Kei Takechi Manabu Miyasaka |
| Preceded by | Yōichi Masuzoe |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 4 July 2007 – 27 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Fumio Kyūma |
| Succeeded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
| Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs | |
| In office 27 September 2004 – 26 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichirō Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Toshimitsu Motegi |
| Succeeded by | Sanae Takaichi |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 22 September 2003 – 26 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichirō Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Shunichi Suzuki |
| Succeeded by | Masatoshi Wakabayashi |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo's 10th district | |
| In office 11 September 2005 – 30 August 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Kōki Kobayashi |
| Succeeded by | Takako Ebata |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1952 Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Political party | Independent (2018–present) |
| Website | Official website |
She was born and raised in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. She dropped out of University in Japan, who moved to the Middle East and studied Arabic. She graduated from Cairo University in Egypt, and she began to work an interpreter and translator of Arabic. She worked as a journalist in the 1980s and entered politics in the 1990s.
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Koike, dubbed "Japan's Condi Rice", shakes hands with Condoleezza Rice in August 2007.
Governor Koike speaking in 2017
