Mariko Suga
Spouse of the Japanese Prime Minister from 2020 to 2021
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Mariko Suga (菅 真理子, Suga Mariko; born 28 November 1953) is the wife of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga.
Mariko Suga | |
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| 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 Minister | Yoshihide Suga |
| Preceded by | Akie Abe |
| Succeeded by | Yuko Kishida |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 28, 1953 Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Spouse | Yoshihide Suga |
| Children | 3 |
Biography
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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]
