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Sadako Ogata

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Japanese diplomat, political scientist and university teacher (1927-2019)

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Sadako Ogata, née Nakamura , was a Japanese academic, diplomat, author, administrator, and professor emerita at the Roman Catholic Sophia University.

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2012Global Citizen Awards
2011Peace Prize of Hesse
2003Order of Culture
2001Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
2001Person of Cultural Merit
1999honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1999honorary doctorate from University of Montpellier-I
1997Ramon Magsaysay Award
1996honorary doctor of the University of Auckland
1995Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
1995Freedom Award
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Want
Philadelphia Liberty Medal
Delta Prize for Global Understanding
Order of Friendship
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
Order "Danaker"

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Sadako Ogata, née Nakamura , was a Japanese academic, diplomat, author, administrator, and professor emerita at the Roman Catholic Sophia University. She was widely known as the head of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1991 to 2000, as well as in her capacities as Chair of the UNICEF Executive Board from 1978 to 1979 and as President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from 2003 to 2012. She also served as Advisor of the Executive Committee of the Japan Model United Nations (JMUN).

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Japan
Category
Politicians
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Public Official
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2019 · aged 92
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