Yoriko Kawaguchi
Yoriko Kawaguchi | |
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川口 順子 | |
Official portrait, 2001 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1 February 2002 – 27 September 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Junichiro Koizumi (acting) Makiko Tanaka |
| Succeeded by | Nobutaka Machimura |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 6 January 2001 – 8 February 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Office 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 | Office abolished |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 24 October 2005 – 28 July 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Tsuyoshi Saito |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Kanagawa at-large (2005–2007) National PR (2007–2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1941 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| 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.
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 member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party from 2005 to 2013. 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.