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Hisashi Owada

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Hisashi Owada (小和田 恆, Owada Hisashi; born 18 September 1932) is a Japanese former jurist, diplomat and law professor. He served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 6 February 2003 until 7 June 2018, and was president of the court from 2009 to 2012. He is the father of Empress Masako and the father-in-law of the reigning Emperor of Japan, Naruhito. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hisashi Owada is the 72nd most popular lawyer (down from 58th in 2019), the 1,118th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,024th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Hisashi Owada ranks 72 out of 136. Before him are Alberico Gentili, Mercedes Comaposada, Hersch Lauterpacht, Valtazar Bogišić, René David, and William Rehnquist. After him are Leo Frank, Robert Treat Paine, Koen Lenaerts, Louis Brandeis, Michael Cohen, and Lawrence Lessig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Hisashi Owada ranks 278. Before him are Lyudvig Chibirov, Bill Byrge, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Bruce Glover, U. R. Ananthamurthy, and Antonio Roma. After him are Paul J. Weitz, László Sárosi, József Csermák, Edgar Reitz, Tormod Knutsen, and Luis Ayala.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hisashi Owada ranks 1,118 out of 6,245. Before him are Chushiro Hayashi (1920), Hidetsugu Yagi (1886), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), Yūsaku Matsuda (1949), and Ōmura Masujirō (1824). After him are Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874), Hiroyuki Usui (1953), Norio Wakamoto (1945), Shigeru Kayano (1926), Shigemitsu Sudo (1956), and Akira Terao (1947).

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Among LAWYERS In Japan

Among lawyers born in Japan, Hisashi Owada ranks 1. 

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