Tarō Asō

is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He was the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan. He is from Iizuka, Fukuoka. He is a member of the far-right organization Nippon Kaigi.

## Early life and education

Asō, a Roman Catholic, was born in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture on 20 September 1940.

Asō graduated from the Faculty of Politics and Economics at Gakushuin University, and the London School of Economics.

## Honours

- Grand Cross with diamonds of the Order of the Sun, _2008_

## Bibliography

- Takashi Hirose (広瀬隆); 『私物国家 日本の黒幕の系図』 Tokyo:Kobunsha (1997) Genealogy14

## Other websites

- Official website
- Official website of Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: The Honourable
- **native name lang**: ja
- **image**: Tarō Asō in December 2025.jpg
- **office**: Prime Minister of Japan
- **monarch**: Akihito
- **term start**: 24 September 2008
- **term end**: 16 September 2009
- **predecessor**: Yasuo Fukuda
- **successor**: Yukio Hatoyama
- **office1**: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party
- **term start1**: 7 October 2025
- **president1**: Sanae Takaichi
- **1namedata1**: Shun'ichi Suzuki (politician), Shun'ichi Suzuki
- **predecessor1**: Yoshihide Suga
- **term start2**: 4 October 2021
- **term end2**: 30 September 2024
- **president2**: Fumio Kishida
Shigeru Ishiba
- **successor2**: Yoshihide Suga
- **1namedata2**: Akira Amari
- **predecessor2**: Masahiko Kōmura
- **office3**: Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
- **primeminister3**: Shinzo Abe
Yoshihide Suga
- **term start3**: 26 December 2012
- **term end3**: 4 October 2021
- **predecessor3**: Katsuya Okada
- **successor3**: Vacant
- **office4**: Minister of Finance (Japan), Minister of Finance
- **term start4**: 26 December 2012
- **term end4**: 4 October 2021
- **predecessor4**: Koriki Jojima
- **successor4**: Shun'ichi Suzuki (politician), Shunichi Suzuki
- **office5**: Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan), Minister for Foreign Affairs
- **primeminister4**: Junichiro Koizumi
Shinzo Abe
- **term start5**: 31 October 2005
- **term end5**: 27 August 2007
- **predecessor5**: Nobutaka Machimura
- **successor5**: Nobutaka Machimura
- **office6**: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
- **primeminister6**: Junichiro Koizumi
- **term start6**: 22 September 2003
- **term end6**: 31 October 2005
- **predecessor6**: Toranosuke Katayama
- **successor6**: Heizō Takenaka
- **office7**: House of Representatives (Japan), Member of the House of Representatives
for Fukuoka 8th district, Fukuoka 8th District
- **term start7**: 20 October 1996
- **predecessor7**: _Constituency established_
- **office8**: House of Representatives (Japan), Member of the House of Representatives
for Fukuoka 2th District

- **term start8**: 7 October 1979
- **term end8**: 28 November 1983
- **predecessor8**: Asao Mihara
- **successor8**: Toshio Ohashi
- **term start9**: 8 July 1986
- **term end9**: 20 October 1996
- **predecessor9**: Shinnen Tagaya
- **successor9**: _Constituency abolished_
- **birth place**: Iizuka, Fukuoka, Empire of Japan
- **party**: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party
- **blank1**: Religion
- **data1**: Catholic (Christian Name: Francisco)
- **spouse**: Chikako Suzuki
- **children**: 2
- **relatives**: Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, Nobuko, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
Princess Akiko of Mikasa, Princess Akiko
Princess Yōko of Mikasa, Princess Yōko
- **education**: Gakushuin University
Stanford University
London School of Economics