Norio Maruyama
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD)
Date of Birth:November 23, 1959
Education:
| March 1983 | Graduated from University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics |
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Professional Career:
| April 1983 | Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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| August 2001 | Director, First Africa Division, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau |
| February 2004 | Director, First West Europe Division, European Affairs Bureau |
| August 2004 | Director, European Policy Division, European Affairs Bureau |
| August 2006 | Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in Cambodia |
| July 2007 | Minister, Embassy of Japan in Cambodia |
| June 2009 | Minister, Mission of Japan to the European Union |
| March 2011 | Ambassador, Mission of Japan to the European Union |
| August 2013 | Deputy Director-General, European Affairs Bureau |
| July 2014 | Director-General, African Affairs Department |
| January 2017 | Director-General for Press & Public Diplomacy |
| December 2018 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan in South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho |
| December 2022 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan in Ireland |
| January 2025 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for UN Security Council Reform and UN Security Council Election Affairs |