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Tarō Kōno

1963 - Today

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Taro Kono (河野 太郎, Kōno Tarō; born 10 January 1963) is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Digital Transformation from 2022 to 2024. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he previously served as Minister for Administrative Reform and Regulatory Reform from 2015 to 2016 and from 2020 to 2021, and was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He is also a member of the House of Representatives representing Kanagawa's 15th district since 1996. Born in 1963 the eldest son of House Speaker and LDP President Yōhei Kōno, Kono grew up in a political family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Tarō Kōno is the 17,092nd most popular politician (down from 14,992nd in 2024), the 1,866th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,326th in 2019) and the 346th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tarō Kōno ranks 17,092 out of 19,576Before him are Lee Yuan-tsu, Vladimir Rushailo, Jussi Halla-aho, William H. McRaven, Fathi Bashagha, and Dennis Hastert. After him are Titus Oates, Vitaly Mutko, Princess Alia bint Hussein, Tom Clarke, Fabian Picardo, and Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Tarō Kōno ranks 501Before him are Neil Burger, Igor Zhelezovski, Emi Shinohara, Ahmed Al-Maktoum, Graham Norton, and Borislav Mikhailov. After him are Yelena Baturina, Jiří Parma, Rami Saari, Les Claypool, Petra De Sutter, and Tom Angelripper.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tarō Kōno ranks 1,866 out of 6,245Before him are Emi Shinohara (1963), Ryōtarō Okiayu (1969), Koichiro Nagatomo (1982), Keiichi Misawa (1988), Kiyoshi Tanabe (1940), and Hidemasa Kobayashi (1994). After him are Akiyoshi Yoshida (1966), Ryuji Akiba (1984), Kyohei Oyama (1989), Ryu Miyamoto (1992), Ryo Oishi (1977), and Tamon Machida (1982).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tarō Kōno ranks 346Before him are Katsuya Okada (1953), Tomio Okamura (1972), Hsiao Bi-khim (1971), Shidzue Katō (1897), Tomomi Inada (1959), and Seiji Maehara (1962). After him are Kinuko Tanida (1939), Hiroshi Abe (1958), Yukio Edano (1964), Renhō (1967), Seiko Noda (1960), and Itsunori Onodera (1960).