Makiko Tanaka Makiko Tanaka became the first woman in Japan to be Minister for Foreign Affairs. Elected from the fifth constituency of Niigata Prefecture (elected three times), she is Member of the Liberal Democratic Party and Member of the House of Representatives She graduated from Germantown Friends School, United States in March 1963 and from School of Commerce, Waseda University, In April 1969, she married Naoki Tanaka, Member of the House of Councillors (currently Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, former Member of the House of Representatives) June 1994: Director General, Science and Technology Agency (Minister of State)(under the Murayama Coalition Government) August 1996 Elected for the second time from the fifth constituency (under the single-member constituency system) of Niigata Prefecture June 2000 Elected for the third time April 2001 Minister for Foreign Affairs (Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro KOIZUMI) She also hold the following position: Member, Research Commission on the Constitution, House of Representatives, Member, Committee on Budget, House of Representatives, Director, Committee on Health and Welfare, House of Representatives, Director, Committee on Education, House of Representatives, Chairman, Special Committee on the Aged, Liberal Democratic Party, Member, Policy Deliberation Commission, Liberal Democratic Party, Member, Advisory Council on Social Security, Committee Member of National Land Development, House of Representatives(Subcommittee for Snowy Districts) In her Professional careerm she became Managing Director, BSN(Broadcasting System of Niigata), then Vice-President, Managing Director, Echigo Kotsu (a transportation company) She is the author of "Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni" (As Time Goes By)(September 1989) | |||
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