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Makoto Taniguchi - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Makoto Taniguchi
- Makoto Taniguchi (?? ?, Taniguchi Makoto) is a Japanese diplomat and academic, a former Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations and a former Chairman of UNICEF in 1988. He received a B.A.
- and an M.A.
- from Hitotsubashi University, and then earned a B.A.
- at St John's College, Cambridge in 1959.
- He joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1959, and served in international organizations including the United Nations, GATT and the OECD.
- He was Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations from 1986 to 1989.
- In this capacity, he was also Vice Chairman (1987–1988) and Chairman (1988) of the UNICEF Executive Board at the international level.
- He was Deputy Secretary-General of OECD from 1990 to 1996.
- After retiring from the diplomatic service he became professor in the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University.
