Yasuo Fukuda

Yasuo Fukuda
福田 康夫
Official portrait, 2007
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008
MonarchAkihito
Preceded byShinzo Abe
Succeeded byTarō Asō
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
23 September 2007 – 22 September 2008
Secretary-General
Preceded byShinzo Abe
Succeeded byTarō Asō
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
27 October 2000 – 7 May 2004
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded byHidenao Nakagawa
Succeeded byHiroyuki Hosoda
Member of the House of Representatives
for Gunma 4th District
In office
7 November 1996 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byTatsuo Fukuda
Majority118,517 (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 partyLiberal Democratic Party
SpouseKiyoko Fukuda
Children1
ParentTakeo Fukuda
Alma materWaseda 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]

  1. ^ Keiichi Yamamura and Sachiko Sakamaki, "Fukuda Challenges Aso in Race to Be Prime Minister", Bloomberg.com, 14 September 2007.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Get someone else," Archived 3 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Economist, 1 September 2008.