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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〔("Official English Translations for LDP Officials and Party Organs" ), Liberal Democratic Party.〕 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.〔Daily Yomiuri (28 December 2012 )〕 ==Early life and education== Asō, is a Roman Catholic, he was born in Iizuka, Fukuoka on 20 September 1940.〔("Japanese foreign minister to announce bid to replace Koizumi" ), ''Forbes'', 20 August 2006.〕 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. Taro 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, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, is cousin-in-law of Emperor Akihito. Asō graduated from the Faculty of Politics and Economics at Gakushuin University. He then studied in the United States at Stanford University, but was cut off by his family, who feared he was becoming too Americanized. After making his way back to Japan on a ship, he left once more to study at the London School of Economics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tarō Asō」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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