Yasuo Fukuda | |
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福田 康夫 | |
Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008 | |
Monarch | Akihito |
Preceded by | Shinzo Abe |
Succeeded by | Tarō Asō |
President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
In office 23 September 2007 – 22 September 2008 | |
Secretary-General |
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Preceded by | Shinzo Abe |
Succeeded by | Tarō Asō |
Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
In office 27 October 2000 – 7 May 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi |
Preceded by | Hidenao Nakagawa |
Succeeded by | Hiroyuki Hosoda |
Member of the House of Representatives for Gunma 4th District | |
In office 7 November 1996 – 16 November 2012 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Tatsuo Fukuda |
Majority | 118,517 (62.83%) |
Member of the House of Representatives for Gunma 3rd District | |
In office 1990–1996 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Takasaki, Empire of Japan | 16 July 1936
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Spouse | Kiyoko Fukuda |
Children | 1 |
Parent | Takeo Fukuda |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
Yasuo Fukuda (福田 康夫, Fukuda Yasuo, born 16 July 1936) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving in that role from 2000 to 2004 under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi. His record was surpassed by Yoshihide Suga, who served almost twice as long.[1]
Following the resignation of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, Fukuda was elected as President of the Liberal Democratic Party and became prime minister in September 2007. Fukuda was the first son of a former Japanese Prime Minister (Takeo Fukuda) to also take up the post. On 1 September 2008, Fukuda announced his resignation as party leader, and was succeeded by Taro Aso. Although Japan hosted the G8 summit meeting without mishap during Fukuda's time in office, he himself earned little or no credit from ordinary Japanese, and when he resigned, he became the first of the G8 leaders to leave office.[2]