Yoshiko Shiotani

Yoshiko Shiotani (潮谷 義子)
Governor of Kumamoto
In office
April 16, 2000 – April 15, 2008
Personal details
Born (1939-04-05) April 5, 1939

Yoshiko Shiotani (潮谷 義子 Shiotani Yoshiko, born April 5, 1939) was the governor of Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan from 2001 to 2009. She was Kumamoto's first female governor and the second in Japanese history.

She is a member of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ http://jpnews.org/pc/modules/xfsection/article.php?articleid=910
  2. ↑ http://www.k-doumei.or.jp/np/2006_07/1-2f.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.k-doumei.or.jp/np/2006_04/1-2f.htm


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