Kazuo Ueda | |
|---|---|
| 植田 和男 | |
 Kazuo Ueda in 2023 | |
| 32nd Governor of the Bank of Japan | |
| Assumed office 9 April 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Haruhiko Kuroda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 20, 1951 Makinohara, Japan |
| Education | University of Tokyo (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
Kazuo Ueda (植田 和男, Ueda Kazuo, born September 20, 1951) is a Japanese economist who has been serving as the 32nd Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) since April 2023.
He is a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and also worked briefly as a professor at Kyoritsu Women’s University after his retirement from UTokyo in 2017. He was the dean of the Faculty of Economics at UTokyo and president of the Japanese Economic Association.