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Michiko Ishii

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Michiko Ishii (5 February 1933 – 2012) was a Japanese politician.

Ishii was born on 5 February 1933 and attended the Tokyo College of Pharmacy. She was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.[1] She served as Minister of the Environment in 1996. She was the 5th woman to become a cabinet minister in Japan.[2]

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  1. ^ Dolling, Yolanda, ed. (1991). Who's who of women in world politics (1st ed.). London: Bowker-Saur. p. 66. ISBN 0-86291-627-5. OCLC 24380132.
  2. ^ First women in the Japanese cabinet: Masa Nakayama (1960) Tsuruyo Kondo (1962), Chikage Oogi (1981), Shigeru Ishimoto (1984).