ABE Toshiko

• State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Chugoku Bloc (proportional representation), six times
• Born: 19 May 1959, Ishinomaki, Miyagi
• Education:
• PhD, Graduate School, Illinois State University, USA

• Career:
• Vice President, Japanese Nursing Association
• Assistant Professor, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives