Yoshiko Shiotani Explained
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| Office: | Governor of Kumamoto |
| Term Start: | April 16, 2000 |
| Term End: | April 15, 2008 |
| Birth Date: | April 5, 1939 |
was the governor of Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan from 2001 to 2009. She was Kumamoto's first female governor and the second in Japanese history.
She is a member of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church.[1] [2] [3]
Notes and References
- Web site: Jp News - クリスチャン新聞ダイジェスト-熊本県知事にクリスチャン女性−−潮谷義子さん、信仰の人柄に支持. https://web.archive.org/web/20100615202642/http://jpnews.org/pc/modules/xfsection/article.php?articleid=910. usurped. June 15, 2010.
- Web site: キリスト教学校教育同盟HP―新聞「キリスト教学校教育」Online Newspaper . 2010-09-28 . 2011-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043115/http://www.k-doumei.or.jp/np/2006_07/1-2f.htm . dead .
- Web site: キリスト教学校教育同盟HP―新聞「キリスト教学校教育」Online Newspaper . 2010-09-28 . 2011-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043138/http://www.k-doumei.or.jp/np/2006_04/1-2f.htm . dead .
