Sadako Ogata
Sadako Ogata | |
|---|---|
緒方 貞子 | |
 Sadako Ogata at the World Economic Forum on Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, on June 4, 2008 | |
| President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency | |
| In office 1 October 2003 – 30 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Akihiko Tanaka |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
| In office 1991–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Thorvald Stoltenberg |
| Succeeded by | Ruud Lubbers |
| President of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund | |
| In office 1978–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Ferdinand Oyono |
| Succeeded by | Zaki Hasan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 中村 貞子 (Nakamura Sadako) 16 September 1927 Azabu, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (present day Minato, Tokyo, Japan) |
| Died | 22 October 2019 (aged 92) Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of the Sacred Heart Georgetown University UC Berkeley |
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 emeritus at Sophia University.[1] She served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1991 to 2000. She also served as the Chairwoman of the UNICEF Executive Board[2][3] and as the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Ogata died on 22 October 2019 in Tokyo at the age of 92; her death was announced on 29 October.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Wessels, David et al. (1996). "Sadako Ogata" in Women in Law: a Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook, p. 222., p. 222, at Google Books
- ↑ "Officers of the UNICEF Executive Board 1946–2016" (PDF). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sadako Ogata (Japan): 1991-2000". UNHCR. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sadako Ogata, first female United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees, dies at 92". Japan Times. 29 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
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