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Ritsuko Nagao

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Ritsuko Nagao
Japanese: 長尾立子, romanizedNagao Ritsuko
Minister of Justice
In office
1996

Ritsuko Nagao (Japanese: 長尾立子, romanizedNagao Ritsuko; born c. 1933) is the first woman to serve as the Cabinet of Japan's Minister of Justice.[1]

In 1996, Nagao was appointed to the Cabinet of Japan as the Minister of Justice by Ryutaro Hashimoto, where she was the only woman and only appointee who was not a member of Parliament already.[1][2][3][4][5] Before her appointment as the Minister of Justice, she worked as a bureaucrat in the Health and Welfare Ministry.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Pollack, Andrew (1996-01-12). "A Change in Japan? Style, Not Direction". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. ^ "Hashimoto names new cabinet and pledges to give strong leadership". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. ^ The statesman's year-book : a statistical, political and economic account of the states of the world for the year 1996-1997. Brian Hunter, Palgrave Connect (133rd ed.). London: Macmillan. 1996. p. 761. ISBN 978-0-230-27125-8. OCLC 609405750.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ Watanabe, Teresa (1996-01-12). "Vote Puts Japan's Former Ruling Party Back at Helm". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. ^ "Prime Minister: Ryutaro Hashimoto of the Liberal Democratic Party..." UPI. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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