Makoto Watanabe (diplomat)
Makoto Watanabe (渡辺 允, Watanabe Makoto, 9 May 1936 – 8 February 2022) was a Japanese diplomat.
Makoto Watanabe | |
|---|---|
渡辺 允 | |
| Ambassador of Japan to Jordan | |
| In office 1988–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Kira Nakayama |
| Succeeded by | Tadashi Nonoyama |
| Director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan | |
| In office 1993–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Junichi Nakamura |
| Succeeded by | Kunisada Kume |
| Grand Chamberlain of Japan | |
| In office 1996–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Yamamoto Satoru |
| Succeeded by | Kawashima Yutaka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 May 1936 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 8 February 2022 (aged 85) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Biography
Watanabe was born in Tokyo, as a son of Akira Watanabe. He attended Hibiya High School and graduated from the University of Tokyo. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1959. He was Ambassador of Japan to Jordan from 1988 to 1990. He was Grand Chamberlain of Japan from 1996 to 2007 and director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan from 1993 to 1995. He was an adviser to the Imperial Household Agency from 2012 on.
He was strongly opposed to the publication of the book Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2007 and said the Imperial Household Agency could not accept it.[1]
Watanabe died on 8 February 2022, at the age of 85.[2]
References
- Imperial Household Agency: A letter from the Imperial Household Agency
- 渡辺允氏が死去 元侍従長、平成期に上皇ご夫妻支える (in Japanese)