Fusae Ota
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Fusae Ōta (太田 房江 Ōta Fusae, June 2, 1951~) is a Japanese politician and the country's first female prefectural governor.
Born in Kure, Hiroshima, she later moved to Toyohashi, Aichi.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo with an economics degree in 1976, Ota entered the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. She served in MITI until 1997, when she became vice-governor of Okayama prefecture. She returned to the ministry in 1999.
Ota became governor of Osaka prefecture after the resignation of Knock Yokoyama in 2000. She was re-elected in 2004.
Ota's family name has been officially registered as Saitō(齊藤) since her marriage, but she uses her maiden name above for most public purposes.