Sadako Ogata
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Sadako Ogata (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. Now she is the president of Japan International Cooperation Agency.
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.
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