# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taro-aso
# Generated: 2026-09-01T15:53:11.524Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taro-aso"
name: "Tarō Asō"
slug: "taro-aso"
description: "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. He leads the Shikōkai faction within the LDP."
tagline: "Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D_20170920_A.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-09-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           27.181284
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "taro_aso_"
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    url:       "http://www.aso-taro.jp/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill