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Sadako Ogata (jp: 緒方 貞子: Ogata Sadako; born 1927) is a Japanese scholar and administrator. She served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991 until 2001. She was appointed president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency on October 1, 2003 and is still serving as of 2005. JP may refer to: Japan, ISO country code the Japanese language Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston chat slang for just playing, a relative of just kidding the postnominal letters for a justice of the peace (magistrate) abbreviation for Joint Post, mainly used for people who participate in RPGs... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline. ... Look up administrator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (established December 14, 1950) protects and supports refugees at the request of a government or the United Nations and assists in their return or resettlement. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Japan International Cooperation Agency (独立行政法人国際協力機構 dokuritsu gyōseihōjin kokusai kyōryoku kikō) is an independent governmental agency that coordinates official development assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan. ...


Her mother was a grandchild of Inukai Tsuyoshi and was influenced by his liberal political attitude. She was born in Tokyo, and graduated from University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo before studying at Georgetown University and University of California, Berkeley. Ogata later taught international politics at Sophia University. Inukai Tsuyoshi Inukai Tsuyoshi (犬養 毅, April 20, 1855–May 15, 1932) was a Japanese politician and the 29th Prime Minister of Japan from December 13, 1931 to May 15, 1932. ... University of the Sacred Heart (聖心女子大学 Seishin Joshi Daigaku) is a Japanese private female university located in Shibuya, Tokyo. ... Not to be confused with the University of Georgetown in Georgetown, Guyana or Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY. Georgetown University is a private university in the United States. ... University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as California, Cal, UCB, UC Berkeley, The University of California, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated east of the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, California, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... Sophia University, known as 上智大学 (jōchi daigaku) in Japanese, is a private university, with its main campus located in Yotsuya, an area of Tokyos Chiyoda Ward. ...


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Sadako Ogata was named co-chair of the Commission on Human Security in June 2001 and special representative of the Japanese prime minister for Afghanistan assistance in November 2001.
Ogata’s distinguished career as United Nations high commissioner for refugees, a post to which she was first elected in December 1990 for a three-year term beginning January 1, 1991.
Ogata received a doctorate in political science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1963, a master’s degree in international relations from Georgetown University in 1953, and a bachelor of arts degree from the University of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo in 1951.
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