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Yoshiko Shiotani

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Yoshiko Shiotani (潮谷 義子)
Shiotani in 2021.
Governor of Kumamoto
In office
April 16, 2000 – April 15, 2008
Personal details
Born (1939-04-05) April 5, 1939 (age 85)

Yoshiko Shiotani (潮谷 義子, Shiotani Yoshiko, born April 5, 1939) was the governor of Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan from 2001 to 2009. She was Kumamoto's first female governor and the second in Japanese history.

She is a member of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church.[1][2][3]

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  2. ^ "キリスト教学校教育同盟HP―新聞「キリスト教学校教育」Online Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  3. ^ "キリスト教学校教育同盟HP―新聞「キリスト教学校教育」Online Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-09-28.