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born on 14 January 1944 is a Japanese people politician. She is the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and his official wife Hana.
In August 2002, Tanaka resigned from the Diet after allegations that she had embezzled her secretaries' civil service salaries. A Tokyo court cleared her in September, and she ran for the Diet again as an independent in November 2003.
Her husband Naoki Suzuki, whom she married in 1969 was adopted as an adult into her family, because she has no brothers to carry on the family name.
In August 2009, Tanaka and her husband joined the opposition Democratic Party of Japan. In September 2009 she became the Diet chairperson of the Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. In September 2011 she became the Diet chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On October 1, 2012, she became Minister of Education, Culture, Science, Sports, and Technology, as part of a reshuffle of the Yoshihiko Noda Cabinet.
On November 2, 2012 she denied applications for three new universities, contradicting a report the previous day that had endorsed the establishment of the universities. It had been 30 years since a minister had contradicted the ministry in such a way.Daily Yomiuri " Tanaka denies 3 proposed new universities November 3, 2012 This sparked a large amount of criticism and after pressure from within the DPJ she reversed her decision and approved the applications.Daily Yomiuri DPJ pressured Tanaka's reversal / Ruling party members wanted education minister to approve universities November 9, 2012
She lost her seat in the December 16, 2012 general election.Japan Times Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild December 18, 2012 She left office on 26 December 2012.
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