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Toshiko Abe | |
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阿部 俊子 | |
.jpg) Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
| In office 1 October 2024 – 21 October 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Preceded by | Masahito Moriyama |
| Succeeded by | Yohei Matsumoto |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Chugoku PR (2005–2017) Okayama 3rd (2017–2021) Chugoku PR (2021–2024) Kyushu PR (2024–2026) Chugoku PR (2026–present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1959 Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Education | Miyagi Gakuin Women's Junior College Mitsui Memorial Hospital Nursing School University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Illinois at Chicago (PhD) |
Toshiko Abe (阿部 俊子, Abe Toshiko; born 19 May 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, since 2005.
Early life
[edit]A native of Miyagi Prefecture, Abe attended Miyagi Gakuin Women's Junior College and Mitsui Memorial Hospital Nursing School; University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Illinois at Chicago for her Doctorate (PhD.) in the United States.
Political career
[edit]Abe was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in September 2005.[citation needed]
She was one of the incoming group of representatives referred to as the Koizumi Children.
Family
[edit]She currently resides in her home prefecture in Japan, and she is divorced from Bloomberg media professional, J. M. Moran (Chicago Illinois).[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 政治家情報 〜阿部 俊子〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
External links
[edit]- Official website in Japanese.
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