is a Japanese naval officer.

Biography

Kondo was born on 13 January 1966 and joined the

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(JMSDF) in 1989 after graduating from

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. In April 2011 she became chief of administration at the JMSDF's ship supply depot. In August 2012 she became head of the paymaster section at the Maritime Staff Office (MSO) and in April of the following year became vice head of finance at the MSO. From December 2013 Kondo served as director of accounts at the JMSDF's

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district headquarters. She was director of welfare at the MSO from September 2015. In December 2016 she was promoted to the rank of

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and appointed director-general of logistics in the office of the

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of the

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. Kondo became, by this appointment, the first female admiral in the JMSDF. In December 2023 she was promoted to the rank of

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and appointed as commander of the Ominato District, becoming the first female vice admiral in the JMSDF.

References

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