Makiko Tanaka
| Makiko Tanaka | |
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| 田中 眞紀子 | |
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| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
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In office 1 October 2012 – 26 December 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Preceded by | Masaharu Nakagawa |
| Succeeded by | Hakubun Shimomura |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan | |
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In office 2001–2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichirō Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Yōhei Kōno |
| Succeeded by | Junichirō Koizumi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 January 1944 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Political party |
Liberal Democratic Party (until 2003) Democratic Party of Japan (2009–present, present day Democratic Party (Japan)) |
| Spouse(s) | Naoki Suzuki |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Waseda University (B.Com.) |
Makiko Tanaka (田中 眞紀子 Tanaka Makiko?, born in Bunkyō, Tokyo, 14 January 1944) is a Japanese politician. She is the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and his official wife Hana.
Tanaka attended high school at Germantown Friends School in the United States and graduated from Waseda University. She spent most of her early adulthood working with her father's political machine Etsuzankai, and was first lady to her father since her mother, Hana, was absent due to long-standing illness. She was elected to the Lower House in 1993, shortly after her father's death.
Tanaka was the first female foreign minister of Japan, from April 2001 to January 2002, but was fired from the cabinet after making remarks critical of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Later that year, she was expelled from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and barred from party membership for two years.
In August 2002, Tanaka resigned from the Diet after allegations that she had embezzled her secretaries' civil service salaries. A Tokyo court cleared her in September, and she ran for the Diet again as an independent in November 2003.
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