Tamaki Tsukada (塚田玉樹; Tsukada Tamaki; born on November 23, 1964) is a Japanese diplomat from Saitama Prefecture.[1]

Tamaki Tsukada
Ambassador of Japan to Iran
Assumed office
October 2023
Preceded byKazutoshi Aikawa
Personal details
BornNovember 23, 1964
Saitama, Japan
OccupationDiplomat

After serving as Director-General for Global Issues and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, he has been serving as Ambassador to Iran since October 2023.

Education

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He graduated from the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1987) and the University of Oxford (Merton College, BA/MA Modern History, 1990).[2]

Career records

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  • March 1987: Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
  • April 1987: Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • September 2001: First Secretary, The Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva
  • April 2003: First Secretary, The Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva
  • January 2004: Counsellor, The Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva
  • February 2004: Chief Administrative Officer, Policy Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau
  • April 2004: Planning Officer, Policy Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau
  • May 2004: Official Advisor to the Imperial Household Agency (until August 2011)
  • August 2006: Planning Officer, Policy Division, International Cooperation Bureau, and Director, Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Preparation Office, Cabinet Secretariat (until July 2007)
  • October 2006: Director, Evaluation Office, Policy Division, International Cooperation Bureau
  • July 2007: Director, Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Office, Cabinet Secretariat
  • July 2008, Director, Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Office, International Affairs Division, Cabinet Secretariat
  • August 2008, Director, Economic Security Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
  • July 2009, Director, Economic Partnership Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
  • August 2011, Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in India
  • October 2011, Minister, Embassy of Japan in India
  • August 2014, Minister, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
  • July 2017, Counsellor, International Cooperation Bureau (Global Issues)
  • July 2018, Counsellor, Minister's Secretariat
  • August 2018, Deputy Director, Minister's Secretariat
  • January 2019, Deputy Director, Latin America Bureau, Economic Affairs Bureau
  • September 2019, Deputy Director, Global Issues (Ambassador), Minister's Secretariat
  • July 2020, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America Ambassador Extraordinary
  • October 2023, Plenipotentiary representative of Japan in the government of Iran

References

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  1. ^ "令和五年十月二十四日付人事異動" (PDF). 外務省. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  2. ^ Mr. Tamaki Tsukada is the Ambassador (PDF), Embassy of Japan in Iran