Sadako Ogata
Sadako Ogata | |
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緒方 貞子 | |
Ogata in 1993 | |
| President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency | |
| In office 1 October 2003 – 30 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Akihiko Tanaka |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
| In office 3 November 1990 – 31 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Thorvald Stoltenberg |
| Succeeded by | Ruud Lubbers |
| President of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund | |
| In office 1978–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Ferdinand Oyono |
| Succeeded by | Zaki Hasan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 中村 貞子 (Nakamura Sadako) 16 September 1927 Azabu, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (present day Minato, Tokyo, Japan) |
| Died | 22 October 2019 (aged 92) Tokyo, Japan |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Two; including Atsushi Ogata |
| Alma mater | University 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.: 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 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).