Mami Mizutori (, born 1960) is a Japanese diplomat. She has been the Assistant Secretary-General and

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for Disaster Risk Reduction in the

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(UNDRR, formerly UNISDR) since March 2018.

Early life and education

Mizutori earned a degree in law from

Hitotsubashi University is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9 Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in social sciences ...

and a diploma in International Studies from the

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Career

After graduation, Mizutori joined the

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, where she worked for twenty-seven years, serving among other positions as Budget Director, Director of the United Nations Policy Division, the National Security Policy Division, and the Status of US Forces Agreement Division and Director of the Japan Information and Culture Centre at the Japanese Embassy in London. In 2011 Mizutori became Executive Director of the

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at the

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, in England. She has also taught courses at

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and

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

, has been published and advised think tanks on current affairs, and is a member of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, which makes annual recommendations to the Prime Ministers of the two countries. On 1 March 2018 Mizutori succeeded

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as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR, formerly UNISDR).

Personal life

Mizutori is married to

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in modern Japanese history at the

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References

External links

Op-eds and commentary by Mami Mizutoriarchived
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