Makiko Tanaka

Makiko Tanaka
田中 眞紀子
Official portrait, 2012
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
1 October 2012 – 26 December 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byMasaharu Nakagawa
Succeeded byHakubun Shimomura
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 April 2001 – 29 January 2002
Prime MinisterJunichirō Koizumi
Preceded byYōhei Kōno
Succeeded byYoriko Kawaguchi
Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
In office
30 June 1994 – 8 August 1995
Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama
Preceded byMikio Ōmi
Succeeded byYasuoki Urano
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 November 2003 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byYukio Hoshino
Succeeded byTadayoshi Nagashima
ConstituencyNiigata 5th
In office
18 July 1993 – 9 August 2002
Preceded byHideo Watanabe
Succeeded byYukio Hoshino
ConstituencyNiigata 3rd (1993–1996)
Niigata 5th (1996–2002)
Personal details
Born (1944-01-14) 14 January 1944
PartyIndependent
(2003–2009; 2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
LDP (1993–2003)
DPJ (2009–2016)
DP (2016–2018)
Spouse
(m. 1969)
Children3
Parent
EducationGermantown Friends School
Alma materWaseda University (B.Com.)
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Makiko Tanaka (田中 眞紀子, Tanaka Makiko; born on 14 January 1944) is a Japanese politician. She is the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and his official wife Hana.