| Ritsuko Nagao | |
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| Japanese: 長尾立子, romanized: Nagao Ritsuko | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 1996 | |
Ritsuko Nagao (Japanese: 長尾立子, romanized: Nagao Ritsuko; born c. 1933) is the first woman to serve as the Cabinet of Japan's Minister of Justice.
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. Before her appointment as the Minister of Justice, she worked as a bureaucrat in the Health and Welfare Ministry.
References
- ^ Pollack, Andrew (1996-01-12). "A Change in Japan? Style, Not Direction". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- "Hashimoto names new cabinet and pledges to give strong leadership". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- 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) - Watanabe, Teresa (1996-01-12). "Vote Puts Japan's Former Ruling Party Back at Helm". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- "Prime Minister: Ryutaro Hashimoto of the Liberal Democratic Party..." UPI. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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