Tarō Asō
Tarō Asō is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he also served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2021. He was the longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Japanese history, having previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007 and as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from 2003 to 2005.
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- Born in
- Iizuka
- Educated at
- Stanford UniversityUniversity of LondonLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceGakushuin UniversityGakushuin Boys' Junior and Senior High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the Southern Cross🏆 Order of the Sun of Peru🏆 Order of Friendship🏆 Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of Peru
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1940
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