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Yuriko Koike

1952 - Today

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Yuriko Koike (小池 百合子, Koike Yuriko; born 15 July 1952) is a Japanese politician who has served as the Governor of Tokyo since 2016. Previously, she also served as a member of the House of Councillors from 1992 to 1993, a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2016, Minister of the Environment under Junichiro Koizumi from 2003 to 2006, and Minister of Defense under Shinzo Abe between July and August 2007. Born and raised in Ashiya, a wealthy, small, and popular city near Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture, Koike graduated from Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt in 1976, and served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 1993 until 2016, when she resigned to run for Governor of Tokyo. Previously, she also served as the Minister of the Environment under Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet from 2003 to 2006 and briefly as Minister of Defense under the first cabinet of Shinzo Abe in between July and August 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuriko Koike is the 8,104th most popular politician (down from 7,858th in 2019), the 688th most popular biography from Japan (down from 624th in 2019) and the 240th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yuriko Koike ranks 8,104 out of 19,576. Before her are Muhammad III of Córdoba, Wilhelm Marr, Ernst Niekisch, Dawda Jawara, Alexandre Ribot, and Aleksandras Stulginskis. After her are Arturo Umberto Illia, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, James II of Cyprus, Afzal-ud-Daulah, Virginia de' Medici, and Cao Ang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Yuriko Koike ranks 152. Before her are Edward Zwick, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Charles M. Rice, Rafael Caro Quintero, Yoshitaka Amano, and Dirceu. After her are David Icke, Masaki Yokotani, Uljana Semjonova, Anote Tong, Ricardo Martinelli, and Ludmilla Tourischeva.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuriko Koike ranks 688 out of 6,245. Before her are Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Minamoto no Yoriie (1182), Kazuyuki Mugita (1984), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), and Chōsokabe Motochika (1539). After her are Ishirō Honda (1911), Hideo Sakai (1909), Masaki Yokotani (1952), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), and Hiroji Imamura (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yuriko Koike ranks 240. Before her are Ii Naomasa (1561), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Emperor En'yū (959), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Minamoto no Yoriie (1182), and Chōsokabe Motochika (1539). After her are Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Emperor Sanjō (976), Hōjō Sōun (1432), Nitobe Inazō (1862), Ii Naosuke (1815), and Shō Shin (1465).

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