Hisashi Owada | |
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小和田 恆 | |
Owada in 2003 | |
President of the International Court of Justice | |
In office 6 February 2009 – 5 February 2012 | |
Vice President | Peter Tomka |
Preceded by | Rosalyn Higgins |
Succeeded by | Peter Tomka |
Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
In office 6 February 2003 – 7 June 2018 | |
Preceded by | Shigeru Oda |
Succeeded by | Yuji Iwasawa |
Personal details | |
Born | Shibata, Niigata, Japan | 18 September 1932
Spouse |
Yumiko Egashira (m. 1962) |
Children | Masako, Empress of Japan Setsuko Owada Reiko Owada |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo Trinity College, Cambridge |
Hisashi Owada (小和田 恆, Owada Hisashi, born 18 September 1932) is a Japanese former jurist, diplomat and law professor. He served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 2003 until June 7, 2018, and was president of the court from 2009 to 2012.[1] He is the father of Empress Masako and the father-in-law of the incumbent Emperor of Japan, Naruhito.