Tarō Asō (麻生 太郎, Asō Tarō, born 20 September 1940) is a Japanese politeecian, currently the Depute Prime Meenister an Meenister o Finance. Asō wis the 92nt Prime Meenister o Japan servin frae September 2008 tae September 2009, an wis defeatit in the August 2009 election.
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Tarō Asō |
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麻生 太郎 |
 Asō at the 2009 Warld Economic Forum. |
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| Depute Prime Meenister o Japan |
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Assumed office
26 December 2012 |
| Prime Meenister | Shinzō Abe |
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| Precedit bi | Katsuya Okada |
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| Meenister o Finance |
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Assumed office
26 December 2012 |
| Prime Meenister | Shinzō Abe |
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| Precedit bi | Koriki Jojima |
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| Prime Meenister o Japan |
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In office
24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009 |
| Monarch | Akihito |
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| Precedit bi | Yasuo Fukuda |
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| Succeedit bi | Yukio Hatoyama |
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| Meenister for Foreign Affairs |
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In office
31 October 2005 – 27 August 2007 |
| Prime Meenister | Junichiro Koizumi
Shinzō Abe |
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| Precedit bi | Nobutaka Machimura |
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| Succeedit bi | Nobutaka Machimura |
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| Meenister for Internal Affairs an Communications |
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In office
22 September 2003 – 31 October 2005 |
| Prime Meenister | Junichiro Koizumi |
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| Precedit bi | Toranosuke Katayama |
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| Succeedit bi | Heizō Takenaka |
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| Meenister for Economic Policy |
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In office
23 Januar 2001 – 26 Aprile 2001 |
| Prime Meenister | Yoshirō Mori |
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| Precedit bi | Fukushiro Nukaga |
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| Succeedit bi | Heizo Takenaka |
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| Director General o the Economic Plannin Agency |
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In office
7 November 1996 – 11 September 1997 |
| Prime Meenister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
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| Precedit bi | Shūsei Tanaka |
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| Succeedit bi | Koji Omi |
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| Member o the Hoose o Representatives |
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Assumed office
1979 |
| Constituency | Fukuoka 8t destrict |
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| Majority | 146,712 (68.4%) |
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| Personal details |
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| Born | (1940-09-20) 20 September 1940 (age 84)
Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan |
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| Poleetical pairty | Liberal Democratic Pairty |
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| Spoose(s) | Chikako Suzuki |
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| Relations | See: Faimily tree |
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| Bairns | Masahiro
Ayako |
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| Alma mater | Gakushuin Varsity
Stanford Varsity
Lunnon Schuil o Economics |
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| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Wabsteid | Wabsteid |
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He haes served in the Hoose o Representatives syne 1979. He wis Meenister for Foreign Affairs frae 2005 tae 2007, an wis Secretar-General[1] o the Liberal Democratic Pairty (LDP) briefly in 2007 an in 2008. He wis Preses[1] o the LDP frae 2008 tae 2009. His successor, Sadakazu Tanigaki, wis chosen on 28 September 2009.
Efter the LDP's veectory in the 2012 general election unner Shinzō Abe he wis appyntit tae the cabinet as Depute Prime Meenister, Meenister o Finance, an State Meenister for Financial Services. He haes held the poseetions syne 26 December 2012.[2]
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