Tarō Asō

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.

Tarō Asō
麻生 太郎
Asō at the 2009 Warld Economic Forum.
Depute Prime Meenister o Japan
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 December 2012
Prime Meenister	Shinzō Abe
Precedit bi	Katsuya Okada
Meenister o Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 December 2012
Prime Meenister	Shinzō Abe
Precedit bi	Koriki Jojima
Prime Meenister o Japan
In office 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009
Monarch	Akihito
Precedit bi	Yasuo Fukuda
Succeedit bi	Yukio Hatoyama
Meenister for Foreign Affairs
In office 31 October 2005 – 27 August 2007
Prime Meenister	Junichiro Koizumi Shinzō Abe
Precedit bi	Nobutaka Machimura
Succeedit bi	Nobutaka Machimura
Meenister for Internal Affairs an Communications
In office 22 September 2003 – 31 October 2005
Prime Meenister	Junichiro Koizumi
Precedit bi	Toranosuke Katayama
Succeedit bi	Heizō Takenaka
Meenister for Economic Policy
In office 23 Januar 2001 – 26 Aprile 2001
Prime Meenister	Yoshirō Mori
Precedit bi	Fukushiro Nukaga
Succeedit bi	Heizo Takenaka
Director General o the Economic Plannin Agency
In office 7 November 1996 – 11 September 1997
Prime Meenister	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Precedit bi	Shūsei Tanaka
Succeedit bi	Koji Omi
Member o the Hoose o Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 1979
Constituency	Fukuoka 8t destrict
Majority	146,712 (68.4%)
Personal details
Born	(1940-09-20) 20 September 1940 Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan
Poleetical pairty	Liberal Democratic Pairty
Spoose(s)	Chikako Suzuki
Relations	See: Faimily tree
Bairns	Masahiro Ayako
Alma mater	Gakushuin Varsity Stanford Varsity Lunnon Schuil o Economics
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Wabsteid	Wabsteid

He haes served in the Hoose o Representatives syne 1979. He wis Meenister for Foreign Affairs frae 2005 tae 2007, an wis Secretar-General o the Liberal Democratic Pairty (LDP) briefly in 2007 an in 2008. He wis Preses 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.