Yasuo Fukuda

Yasuo Fukuda
福田 康夫
Official portrait, 2007
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	Bunmei Ibuki Tarō Asō
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	(1936-07-16) 16 July 1936 (age 88) Takasaki, Empire of Japan
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]