Taro Aso
| Tarō Asō | |
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| 麻生 太郎 | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Japan | |
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Assumed office 26 December 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Katsuya Okada |
| Minister of Finance | |
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Assumed office 26 December 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Koriki Jojima |
| 92nd Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009 |
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| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Succeeded by | Yukio Hatoyama |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 31 October 2005 – 27 August 2007 |
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| Prime Minister |
Junichiro Koizumi Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Nobutaka Machimura |
| Succeeded by | Nobutaka Machimura |
| Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | |
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In office 22 September 2003 – 31 October 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Toranosuke Katayama |
| Succeeded by | Heizō Takenaka |
| Minister of State for Economic and Financial Policy | |
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In office 23 January 2001 – 26 April 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Fukushiro Nukaga |
| Succeeded by | Heizō Takenaka |
| Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency | |
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In office 7 November 1996 – 11 September 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Shūsei Tanaka |
| Succeeded by | Kōji Omi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
麻生太郎 (Asō Tarō?) 20 September 1940 Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Chikako Suzuki |
| Children | Masahiro Ayako |
| Alma mater | Gakushuin University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Tarō Asō (麻生 太郎 Asō Tarō?, born 20 September 1940) is a Japanese politician who is 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.
Asō 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.
Asō, a Roman Catholic, was born in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture on 20 September 1940. His father, Takakichi Asō, was the chairman of the Aso Cement Company and a close associate of Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka; his mother Kazuko Asō was Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's daughter. Tarō is also a great-great-grandson of Ōkubo Toshimichi, and his wife, Chikako is the third daughter of Prime Minister Zenkō Suzuki. His younger sister, Nobuko, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, is a cousin-in-law of Emperor Akihito.
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