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Sadako Ogata

1927 - 2019

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Sadako Ogata, née Nakamura (緒方 貞子, Ogata Sadako; 16 September 1927 – 22 October 2019), was a Japanese academic, diplomat, author, administrator, and professor emerita at the Roman Catholic Sophia University.: 222  She was widely known as the head of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1991 to 2000, as well as in her capacities as Chair of the UNICEF Executive Board from 1978 to 1979 and as President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from 2003 to 2012. She also served as Advisor of the Executive Committee of the Japan Model United Nations (JMUN). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sadako Ogata is the 12,521st most popular politician (down from 10,914th in 2019), the 1,049th most popular biography from Japan (down from 897th in 2019) and the 300th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sadako Ogata ranks 12,521 out of 19,576. Before her are Rustam Minnikhanov, Jacob Nena, Marino Morosini, Kurt Hahn, Alexander, Prince of Lippe, and Banharn Silpa-archa. After her are Reniero Zeno, Adolf Ogi, Pedro Castillo, Alvise Contarini, Mago I of Carthage, and Acfred, Duke of Aquitaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Sadako Ogata ranks 233. Before her are David Hedison, Patrick O'Neal, Liane Augustin, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Eva Bartok, and Peter Dickinson. After her are Rachel Roberts, Franco Donatoni, Torbjørn Falkanger, William Hickey, Claudio Brook, and Michael Gielen. Among people deceased in 2019, Sadako Ogata ranks 236. Before her are Johnny Clegg, Sylvia Miles, Vladimir Etush, Roland Matthes, Ram Dass, and Oliver Mtukudzi. After her are Janet Asimov, Ivan Dimitrov, Jan Olszewski, Gloria Vanderbilt, Vojtěch Jasný, and Don Alden Adams.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sadako Ogata ranks 1,049 out of 6,245. Before her are Kuroki Tamemoto (1844), Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Kiyoura Keigo (1850), and Ogata Kenzan (1663). After her are Konoe Sakihisa (1536), Ryo Nojima (1979), Tadanobu Asano (1973), Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), Shōji Nishimura (1889), and Hiroshi Yoshida (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Sadako Ogata ranks 300. Before her are Kyuichi Tokuda (1894), Nakayama Yoshiko (1836), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), Tokugawa Nariaki (1800), Sanjō Sanetomi (1837), and Kiyoura Keigo (1850). After her are Konoe Sakihisa (1536), Uesugi Harunori (1751), Abe Masahiro (1819), Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Ichirō Ozawa (1942), and Ōmura Masujirō (1824).

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