Asako Okai
Asako Okai | |
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岡井朝子 おかい あさこ | |
| United Nations Assistant Secretary-General | |
| Assumed office June 6, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Izumi Nakamitsu |
| United Nations Development Programme Assistant Administrator and Director for Crisis Bureau | |
| Assumed office June 6, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Izumi Nakamitsu |
| Consul General of Japan in Canada | |
| In office September 2016 – June 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Seiji Okada |
| Succeeded by | Takashi Hatori |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 Tokyo |
| Citizenship | Japanese |
| Education | Hitotsubashi University Emmanuel College of Cambridge University |
Asako Okai is a Japanese diplomat and UN official currently serving as the ambassador of Japan in Bahrain. She started her career at the UN as assistant administrator at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and director for the UNDP Crisis Bureau, and became United Nations Assistant Secretary-General in 2018. During her time at the USDP, she was in charge of the UNDP’s corporate crisis-related work.