Tarō Asō
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Asō.
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). 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.
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 | |
| In office 4 October 2021 – 30 September 2024 | |
| President | Fumio Kishida Shigeru Ishiba |
| Secretary-General | Akira Amari |
| Preceded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
| Succeeded by | Yoshihide Suga |
| 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 | Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). 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) |
| Education | Gakushuin University Stanford University London School of Economics |
| Religion | Catholic (Christian Name: Francisco) |
| 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
Tarō Asō Media
Deputy Prime Minister Asō in front of the Gundam Cafe in Akihabara introducing prime minister Shinzo Abe (middle) with a speech, 2014.
Official portrait as Prime Minister, 2008
Tarō Asō meeting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on 18 February 2009.
Tarō Asō meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush in the White House on 14 November 2008.
Tarō Asō meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House on 24 February 2009.
Tarō Asō meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Tokyo on 12 May 2009.
Tarō Asō shakes hands with then Secretary of State of U.S. Condoleezza Rice at APEC summit in 2005
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.