Toshiko Abe Explained

Toshiko Abe
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Primeminister:Shigeru Ishiba
Term Start:1 October 2024
Predecessor:Masahito Moriyama
Office1:Member of the House of Representatives
Term Start1:11 September 2005
Constituency1:Chugoku PR (2005–2017; 2021–present)
Okayama 3rd (2017–2021)
Alma Mater:Miyagi Gakuin Women's Junior College
Mitsui Memorial Hospital Nursing School
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Illinois at Chicago (PhD)
Party:Liberal Democratic
Birth Date:19 May 1959
Birth Place:Ishinomaki, Japan

Toshiko Abe (阿部 俊子, Abe Toshiko; born 19 May 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, since 2005.

A native of Miyagi Prefecture, she attended Miyagi Gakuin Women's Junior College and Mitsui Memorial Hospital Nursing School; University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Illinois at Chicago for her Doctorate (PhD.) in the United States.

She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in September 2005. She currently resides in her home prefecture in Japan, and she is divorced from Bloomberg media professional, J. M. Moran (Chicago Illinois).

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