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Masaaki Shirakawa

1949 - Today

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Masaaki Shirakawa (白川 方明, Shirakawa Masaaki; born September 27, 1949) is a Japanese economist and the 30th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), and professor at Aoyama Gakuin University. He is also a Director and Vice-Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Masaaki Shirakawa is the 367th most popular economist (down from 364th in 2024), the 1,814th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,604th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Masaaki Shirakawa ranks 367 out of 414. Before him are Erik Lindahl, Arkady Dvorkovich, W. Michael Blumenthal, Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Rose Friedman, and Ariel Rubinstein. After him are Martin Feldstein, John B. Taylor, Ester Boserup, Pier Carlo Padoan, Paul Craig Roberts, and Ha-Joon Chang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Masaaki Shirakawa ranks 645. Before him are Jiří Drahoš, Marek Dąbrowski, Walter Corbo, Joseph Pilato, Montxo Armendáriz, and Pat Rice. After him are Eduard Kozynkevych, Bobby Clarke, Viktor Kupreichik, Jürgen Colombo, Fan Chung, and Atanas Mihaylov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa ranks 1,814 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuki Nakajima (1985), Yūki Amami (1967), Hironori Nagamine (1973), Yoshiki Maeda (1975), Satoshi Tsunami (1961), and Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975). After him are Shunkichi Hamada (1910), Mayumi Aoki (1953), Yoshiyuki Okumura (1993), Yuki Imamura (1976), Hitoshi Saito (1961), and Rie Miyazawa (1973).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Japan

Among economists born in Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa ranks 3. Before him are Kenichi Ohmae (1943), and Haruhiko Kuroda (1944).

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