Mariko Suga

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

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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 Minister	Yoshihide Suga
Preceded by	Akie Abe
Succeeded by	Yuko Kishida

Personal details
Born	(1953-11-28) November 28, 1953 (age 71) Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Spouse	Yoshihide Suga
Children	3

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]

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