Tarō Asō Prime minister

Tarō Asō (麻生太郎, Asō Tarō, born 20 September 1940) is a Japanese politician, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. Asō was the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan serving from September 2008 to September 2009, and was defeated in the August 2009 election.He has served in the House of Representatives since 1979. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007, and was Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) briefly in 2007 and in 2008. He was President of the LDP from 2008 to 2009. His successor, Sadakazu Tanigaki, was chosen on 28 September 2009.After the LDP's victory in the 2012 general election under Shinzō Abe he was appointed to the cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and State Minister for Financial Services. He has held the positions since 26 December 2012.

Personal facts

Birth date	September 20, 1940
Birth place	Japan , Iizuka Fukuoka , Fukuoka Prefecture , Empire of Japan
Religion	Catholic Church
Education	Stanford University London School of Economics Gakushuin University

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Politician

electionmajority	146712
monarch	Akihito
office	Member of the House of Representatives Minister of Finance Minister for Foreign Affairs Prime Minister of Japan Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Director General of the Economic Planning Agency Minister for Economic Policy
party	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
prime minister	Shinzō Abe Junichiro Koizumi Ryutaro Hashimoto Yoshirō Mori
region	Fukuoka 8th district
successor	Koji Omi Yukio Hatoyama Nobutaka Machimura Heizō Takenaka