Tarō Asō
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- In this Japanese name, the family name is Asō.
Tarō Asō | |
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麻生 太郎 | |
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Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009 | |
Monarch | Akihito |
Preceded by | Yasuo Fukuda |
Succeeded by | Yukio Hatoyama |
Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
Assumed office 4 October 2021 | |
President | Fumio Kishida |
Secretary-General | Akira Amari |
Preceded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 26 December 2012 – 4 October 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe Yoshihide Suga |
Preceded by | Katsuya Okada |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 26 December 2012 – 4 October 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe Yoshihide Suga |
Preceded by | Koriki Jojima |
Succeeded by | Shunichi Suzuki |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 31 October 2005 – 27 August 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi Shinzo Abe |
Preceded by | Nobutaka Machimura |
Succeeded by | Nobutaka Machimura |
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | |
In office 22 September 2003 – 31 October 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
Preceded by | Toranosuke Katayama |
Succeeded by | Heizō Takenaka |
Member of the House of Representatives for Fukuoka 8th District | |
Assumed office 20 October 1996 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Member of the House of Representatives for Fukuoka 2th District Medium-size Election District | |
In office 7 October 1979 – 28 November 1983 | |
Preceded by | Asao Mihara |
Succeeded by | Toshio Ohashi |
In office 8 July 1986 – 20 October 1996 | |
Preceded by | Shinnen Tagaya |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 麻生太郎 (Asō Tarō) 20 September 1940 Iizuka, Fukuoka, Empire of Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Chikako Suzuki |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Nobuko, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (sister) Princess Akiko (niece) Princess Yōko (niece) |
Bildung | Gakushuin University Stanford University London School of Economics |
Religion | Catholic (Christian Name: Francisco) |
Website | Official website |
Tarō Asō (麻生 太郎, Asō Tarō, born 20 September 1940) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He was the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan. He is from Iizuka, Fukuoka.
Early life and education
[change | change source]Asō, a Roman Catholic, was born in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture on 20 September 1940.[1]
Asō graduated from the Faculty of Politics and Economics at Gakushuin University,[2] and the London School of Economics.[3]
Honours
[change | change source]Bibliography
[change | change source]- Takashi Hirose (広瀬隆); 『私物国家 日本の黒幕の系図』 Tokyo:Kobunsha (1997) Genealogy14
- Aso, Taro (2007). 自由と繁栄の弧. Tokyo: Gentosha. ISBN 978-4-344-41197-5.
- Aso, Taro (2007). とてつもない日本. Tokyo: Shinchosha. ISBN 978-4-10-610217-2.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Japanese foreign minister to announce bid to replace Koizumi", Forbes, 20 August 2006. Archived 22 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ name="ReferenceA">japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/meibo/daijin/1208723_10042.html
- ↑ Ashcraft, Brian (10 October 2010). "Former Prime Minister Wants Japanese Youth To Drink Cute Booze". Kotaku. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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