Yasuo Fukuda
福田 康夫
Fukuda at the 2008 Warld Economic Forum .
Prime Meenister o Japan
In office 26 September 2007 ? 24 September 2008
Monarch	Akihito
Precedit bi	Shinz? Abe
Succeedit bi	Taro Aso
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office October 2000 ? 7 Mey 2004
Prime Meenister	Yoshir? Mori Junichiro Koizumi
Precedit bi	Hidenao Nakagawa
Succeedit bi	Hiroyuki Hosoda
Member o the Hoose o Representatives o the 4t Gunma Prefectur
In office 7 November 1996 ? 16 November 2012
Precedit bi	New constituency
Majority	118,517 (62.83%)
Personal details
Born	( 1936-07-16 ) 16 Julie 1936 (age 87) Takasaki , Gunma , Japan
Poleetical pairty	Liberal Democratic Pairty
Spoose(s)	Kiyoko Fukuda
Alma mater	Waseda Varsity

Yasuo Fukuda ( 福田 康夫 , Fukuda Yasuo , born 16 Julie 1936) wis the 91st Prime Meenister o Japan , servin frae 2007 til 2008. He wis previously the langest-servin Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, servin for three an a hauf year (2000?2004) unner Prime Meenisters Yoshir? Mori an Junichiro Koizumi . ^[1]

Follaein the demittin o Prime Meenister Shinz? Abe , Fukuda wis electit as Preses o the Liberal Democratic Pairty an became Prime Meenister in September 2007. Fukuda wis the first son o ae Japanese Prime Meenister ( Takeo Fukuda ) tae tak up the post.

On 1 September 2008, Fukuda annoonced his demittin, triggerin anither LDP leadership election . ^[2] Altho Japan hostit the G8 summit meetin wioot mishap durin Fukuda's time in office, he himsel earned little or nae credit frae ordinary Japanese, an whan he demittit, he became the first o the G8 leaders tae leave office. ^[3]

He is a member o the Club de Madrid, a group o mair nor 80 umwhile Preses an Prime meenisters o democratic kintras, that wirks tae strengthen democratic leadership an govrenance. ^[4]

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