Tarō Asō
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Asō.
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Tarō Asō | |
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麻生 太郎 | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Japan | |
| Assumed office 26 December 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe Yoshihide Suga |
| Preceded by | Katsuya Okada |
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 26 December 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Koriki Jojima |
| 59th Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Succeeded by | Yukio Hatoyama |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 31 October 2005 – 27 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi Shinzō 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 |
| Minister of State for Economic and Financial Policy | |
| In office 23 January 2001 – 26 April 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Fukushiro Nukaga |
| Succeeded by | Heizō Takenaka |
| Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency | |
| In office 7 November 1996 – 11 September 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Shūsei Tanaka |
| Succeeded by | Kōji Omi |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 1996 | |
| Constituency | Fukuoka 8th district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). 20 September 1940 Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Chikako Suzuki |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Nobuko, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (sister) Princess Akiko (niece) Princess Yōko (niece) |
| Education | Gakushuin University Stanford University London School of Economics |
| Website | Official website |
Early life and education
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
Bibliography
- 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
- ↑ "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. https://kotaku.com/5673326/yes-this-man-was-prime-minister-of-japan. Retrieved 19 January 2018.