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Tamaki Tsukada (塚田玉樹; Tsukada Tamaki; born on November 23, 1964) is a Japanese diplomat from Saitama Prefecture.
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
He graduated from the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1987) and the University of Oxford (Merton College, BA/MA Modern History, 1990).
Career records
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