Ritsuko Nagao

Ritsuko Nagao (Japanese: 長尾立子, romanized: Nagao Ritsuko; born 1933) is a former Japanese politician who is the first woman to serve as the Minister of Justice.^[1]

Ritsuko Nagao
長尾 立子
Minister of Justice
In office 11 January 1996 – 7 November 1996
Prime Minister	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Preceded by	Hiroshi Miyazawa
Succeeded by	Isao Matsuura
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 19 May 1997 – 25 July 1998
Preceded by	Hitoshi Shimasaki
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	National PR
Personal details
Born	(1933-05-01) 1 May 1933 (age 92)
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

In 1996, Nagao was appointed to the Cabinet of Japan as the Minister of Justice by Ryutaro Hashimoto, where she was the only woman and only appointee who was not a member of Parliament already.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Before her appointment as the Minister of Justice, she worked as a bureaucrat in the Health and Welfare Ministry.^[1]