Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso

Tarō asō 麻生 太郎 asō tarō born 20 september 1940 is a japanese politician who has been deputy prime minister of japan and minister of finance since 2012.

Japanese prime minister taro aso. Until december 1979 august 1966. Elected member of the house of representatives for the first time elected 10 times since. Aso later served as deputy prime minister and finance minister. Aso taro japanese liberal democratic party politician who served as prime minister of japan from september 24 2008 to september 16 2009.

He is the longest serving deputy prime minister and finance minister in japanese history. Kyodo aso later withdrew the remarks after opposition mps accused him of insensitivity towards couples who want to have. Vice minister for education sports science and culture until june 1989 october 1979. Abe s younger brother nobuo kishi was named defense minister.

President and ceo of aso cement co ltd. He succeeded fukuda yasuo. Chairman japan junior chamber inc. Asō previously served one year as prime minister of japan from september 2008 to september 2009 and was also minister for foreign affairs.

Japanese deputy prime minister and pro taiwan advocate taro aso had some harsh words for the world health organization and its compliance with chinese communist party propaganda on sunday. Until december 1978 may 1973. Heaven forbid if you are. In fact aso s love for india and hate for china can be traced back to his brief stint of around one year as the prime minister of japan between 2008 and 2009.

Learn more about his life and career. Taro aso remained in his position as finance minister and toshimitsu motegi kept his job as foreign minister. Taro aso centre alongside japanese prime minister shinzo abe. During the aforesaid prime ministerial term aso had taken a major step with the japan india declaration on security cooperation that was signed in tokyo on 22 october 2008.