Yoriko Kawaguchi

Yoriko Kawaguchi 川口 順子
Yuriko Kawaguchi in Washington in September 2002.
3rd Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)
In office 2002–2004
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Fumio Kyuma
Succeeded by	Nobutaka Machimura
1st Ministry of the Environment (Japan)
In office January 6, 2001 – February 8, 2002
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	New post
Succeeded by	Hiroshi Oki
Personal details
Born	Minister of Foreign Affairs (1941-01-14) January 14, 1941 , Japan
Died	Minister of Foreign Affairs minister of the environment of Japan
Resting place	Minister of Foreign Affairs minister of the environment of Japan
Children	None
Parent	Minister of Foreign Affairs minister of the environment of Japan
Residences	Toshima, 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. She was born in Tokyo. She holds a B.A. in international relations from the University of Tokyo, and a master's in economics from Yale University. She was the minister of the environment of Japan from 2000 until 2002 and the foreign minister of Japan from February 2002 until September 2004. She was reappointed to the post of foreign minister after a cabinet reshuffle in September 2003, but lost the post in the September 2004 cabinet reshuffle.

In July 2008, Kawaguchi was appointed cochair of a new International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, with former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gareth Evans.

External links

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