Makiko Tanaka

Makiko Tanaka
田中 眞紀子
Official portrait, 2012
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
1 October 2012  26 December 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byMasaharu Nakagawa
Succeeded byHakubun Shimomura
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
In office
26 April 2001  29 January 2002
Prime MinisterJunichirō Koizumi
Preceded byYōhei Kōno
Succeeded byYoriko Kawaguchi
Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
In office
30 June 1994  8 August 1995
Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama
Preceded byMikio Ōmi
Succeeded byYasuoki Urano
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 November 2003  16 November 2012
Preceded byYukio Hoshino
Succeeded byTadayoshi Nagashima
ConstituencyNiigata 5th
In office
18 July 1993  9 August 2002
Preceded byHideo Watanabe
Succeeded byYukio Hoshino
ConstituencyNiigata 3rd (1993–1996)
Niigata 5th (1996–2002)
Personal details
Born (1944-01-14) 14 January 1944
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyIndependent
(2003–2009; 2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
LDP (1993–2003)
DPJ (2009–2016)
DP (2016–2018)
Spouse
(m. 1969)
Children3
Parent
EducationGermantown Friends School
Alma materWaseda University (B.Com.)

Makiko Tanaka (田中 眞紀子, Tanaka Makiko; born on 14 January 1944) is a Japanese politician. She is the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and his official wife Hana.