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Junichiro Koizumi

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Junichiro Koizumi ( koy-ZOO-mee; 小泉 純一郎, Koizumi Jun'ichirō [ko.iꜜzɯmi (d)ʑɯɰ̃.iꜜtɕiɾoː]; born 8 January 1942) is a Japanese retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009. He is the sixth-longest serving Prime Minister in Japanese history. Widely seen as a maverick leader of the LDP upon his election to the position in 2001, Koizumi became known as a neoliberal economic reformer, focusing on reducing Japan's government debt and the privatisation of its postal service. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Junichiro Koizumi is the 3,260th most popular politician (up from 3,275th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Japan (up from 169th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Japanese Politician.

Junichiro Koizumi was the Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He is most famous for his reforms to the Japanese economy.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 3,260 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Xanana Gusmão, Ivan II of Moscow, Ieng Sary, Otto Ernst Remer, and Konrad Henlein. After him are Yazdegerd II, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Nobusuke Kishi, Regalianus, Elio Di Rupo, and Günter Schabowski.

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Among people born in 1942, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 80. Before him are Robert H. Grubbs, Hissène Habré, Martin Seligman, Françoise Dorléac, Wolfgang Schäuble, and Carlos Reutemann. After him are Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Peter Greenaway, Felipe González, Michael Crichton, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, and Vicente Fox.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 150 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroaki Sato (1932), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Sonny Chiba (1939), Emperor Kōrei (-341), Tarō Asō (1940), and Abe no Seimei (921). After him are Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Yasuo Takamori (1934), Sen no Rikyū (1522), and Shoichi Nishimura (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 49. Before him are Emperor Reigen (1654), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Kōrei (-341), and Tarō Asō (1940). After him are Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Empress Genshō (680), Emperor Sujin (-147), and Issey Miyake (1938).

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