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Toshiko Abe

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Toshiko Abe
阿部 俊子
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Assumed office
1 October 2024
Prime MinisterShigeru Ishiba
Preceded byMasahito Moriyama
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
11 September 2005
ConstituencyOkayama 3rd
(2017-2021)
Chugoku PR block
(2005-2017, 2021-present)
Personal details
Born (1959-05-19) May 19, 1959 (age 65)
Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materMiyagi Gakuin Women's Junior College
Mitsui Memorial Hospital Nursing School
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Illinois at Chicago (PhD)

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.[citation needed] She currently resides in her home prefecture in Japan, and she is divorced from Bloomberg media professional, J. M. Moran (Chicago Illinois).[citation needed]

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  • 政治家情報 〜阿部 俊子〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2024–present
Incumbent