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Kōichirō Matsuura

1937 - Today

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Kōichirō Matsuura (松浦 晃一郎, Matsūra Kōichirō; born 29 September 1937) is a Japanese diplomat. He is the former Director-General of UNESCO. He was first elected in 1999 to a six-year term and reelected on 12 October 2005 for four years, following a reform instituted by the 29th session of the General Conference. In November 2009, he was replaced by Irina Bokova. He studied law at the University of Tokyo and economics at Haverford College (Pennsylvania, USA) and began his diplomatic career in 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kōichirō Matsuura is the 5,059th most popular politician (up from 6,572nd in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 501st in 2019) and the 113th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kōichirō Matsuura ranks 5,059 out of 19,576. Before him are Khaankhre Sobekhotep, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Ban Kulin, Joseph Chamberlain, and Agron. After him are Bernard of Italy, Azzedine Alaïa, Abdal-Latif Mirza, Kim Yong-ju, Souvanna Phouma, and Artemisia II of Caria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Kōichirō Matsuura ranks 78. Before him are Richard Møller Nielsen, Anatoly Sobchak, Rubin Carter, Rafael Moneo, George Carlin, and Maryanne Trump Barry. After him are Ratan Tata, Michael Jeffery, Manuel Pinto da Costa, Karel Schwarzenberg, Yılmaz Güney, and Tom Simpson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōichirō Matsuura ranks 362 out of 6,245. Before him are Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Emperor Go-Uda (1267), Sada Abe (1905), Shigeo Sugimoto (1926), and Hiroshi Saeki (1936). After him are Ono no Komachi (825), Maeda Toshiie (1538), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Setsuko Hara (1920), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), and Kakuei Tanaka (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kōichirō Matsuura ranks 113. Before him are Tomiichi Murayama (1924), Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), Kōki Hirota (1878), Emperor Kanmu (737), and Emperor Go-Uda (1267). After him are Maeda Toshiie (1538), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Kakuei Tanaka (1918), Emperor Tenmu (631), and Amakusa Shirō (1621).

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