Mariko Suga

Mariko Suga
菅 真理子
Suga during a state visit of her husband to Vietnam in 2020
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan
In role
16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021
Prime MinisterYoshihide Suga
Preceded byAkie Abe
Succeeded byYuko Kishida
Personal details
Born (1953-11-28) November 28, 1953 (age 71)
Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
SpouseYoshihide Suga
Children3

Mariko Suga (菅 真理子, Suga Mariko, born 28 November 1953) is the wife of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga.

Biography

Carrie Johnson, Boris Johnson, Yoshihide Suga and Mariko Suga at Carbis Bay attending the 47th G7 summit in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Mariko Suga was born on 28 November 1953, in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, where her family ran a food wholesale business. She attended Shimizu Higashi High School and was a member of its archery club. Afterwards, she studied home economics at Shizuoka Women's University.[1]

Suga worked as a live-in housekeeper in the home of politician Hikosaburo Okonogi. Her younger sister worked for Okonogi as a secretary. During this time, she met and soon married Yoshihide Suga, who was her sister's co-worker, also working as a secretary to Hikosaburo Okonogi. Mariko Suga became a housewife after marrying and the couple had three sons.[1]

Yoshihide Suga subsequently became a Yokohama city councilman in 1987, a member of the House of Representatives in 1996 and rose to prominence as the long-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012. Yoshihide Suga was appointed Prime Minister to succeed Abe in September 2020 and served until October 2021.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 上田耕司 (2020-09-14). "新ファーストレディ・真理子夫人は菅新首相に「逆プロポーズ」していた!馴れ初めを親友が明かす 〈週刊朝日〉". AERA dot. (アエラドット) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-01.
Unofficial roles
Preceded by Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan
2020–2021
Succeeded by


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