Taro Aso: Different Opinions III I believe there are no noticeable stains or scratches. This is a long-term home storage item from a private individual. Please consider purchasing with the understanding that it is a used item. The obi (sleeve) has a tear. Taro Aso (born September 20, 1940) is a Japanese politician, businessman, and former shooting athlete. He is a member of the House of Representatives (15 terms) for the Liberal Democratic Party, the Supreme Advisor of the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Chairman of the Shikokai. He is also the Chairman of the Yasuhiro Nakasone Peace Institute. He served as Prime Minister (92nd), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th terms), Minister in charge of Special Missions (Financial Affairs) (2nd Abe Cabinet - Yoshihide Suga Cabinet), Minister in charge of Deflation (2nd Abe Cabinet - Yoshihide Suga Cabinet), Minister for Foreign Affairs (132nd and 133rd terms), Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (3rd, 4th, and 5th terms), Minister in charge of National Sports (2nd Koizumi Cabinet and 3rd Koizumi Cabinet), Minister in charge of Information and Communications Technology (IT) (2nd Mori Cabinet), Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy (2nd), Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency (53rd), Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education (Takeshita Cabinet), Chairman of the Special Committee on Fiscal Structural Reform of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Special Committee on Coal Measures of the House of Representatives, President of the Liberal Democratic Party (23rd), Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (17th), Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party (44th and 46th terms), Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party (44th term), and Director of the Accounting Bureau of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was also an Olympic athlete who participated in the clay shooting skeet event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and served as the 11th Chairman of the Japan Clay Shooting Association. After graduating from Gakushuin Elementary School, Gakushuin Junior and Senior High School, and Gakushuin University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics, he joined Aso Sangyo, became the president of Aso Cement, and served as the chairman of the Junior Chamber International Japan. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1979. He served as Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency (53rd), Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy (2nd), Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (3rd, 4th, and 5th terms), Minister for Foreign Affairs (137th and 138th terms), and Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party. In 2008, he was elected as the 23rd President of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election and became the 92nd Prime Minister. 11