Chikako Aso (born 30 May 1950) is a Japanese businesswoman. She has served as director of Aso Shoji, Aso Formcrete, Aso Kosan, and is currently a director of Aso Corporation . She was the First Lady of Japan from 24 September 2008 to 16 September 2009.
Her father is former Prime Minister Zenkō Suzuki, her husband is former Prime Minister Taro Aso, and her brother is Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki.[1]
Life
editShe graduated from Japan Women's University.[citation needed]
She met Taro Aso, and they married on 3 November 1983. He was defeated in the 1983 Japanese general election, but was elected in the 1986 Japanese general election. She helped build the Shikōkai faction.[2] From 2008 to 2009, he was Prime Minister,[3][4][5] and from 2012 to 2021, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister.[6]
Since the 1990s, she has served as a director of Aso Shoji, which handles construction materials,[7] Aso Foamcrete, a civil engineering company, and Aso Kosan, an insurance agency . She also served as a director of Aso, a company run by her brother-in-law, Yasushi Aso. Aso is the core company of the ASO Group, and oversees Aso Kosan and other companies. In the 2010s, Chikako continued to serve as a director of Aso, even after Yasushi's eldest son, Iwao Aso, became president of Aso [8]
References
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- ^ "Understanding Taro Aso from the Basics: Aso Cabinet: Special Feature: YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)". web.archive.org. 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "Prime Minister and Mrs. Aso Meet Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales, and The Duchess of Cornwall (What's up around the Prime Minister)". japan.kantei.go.jp. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "Prime Minister and Mrs. Aso Host a Lunch (What's up around the Prime Minister)". japan.kantei.go.jp. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "Mrs. Laura Bush stands for photographs on the steps of the Government Palace Residence Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, with spouses of APEC leaders following a breakfast hosted by Mrs. Pilar Nores de Garcia, First Lady of Peru, in Lima. With her, from left are: Madam Ho, Spouse of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore; Mrs. Kristiani Herawati, spouse of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; Mrs. Bush; Mrs. Pilar Nores Bodereau de Garcia, spouse of Peru's President Alan Garcia; Mrs. Kim Yoon-ok, spouse of President Lee Myung-bak; Mrs. Rosmah Mansor, spouse of Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, and Mrs. Chikako Aso, wife of Prime Minister Taro Aso of Japan. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ Sainsbury, Michael (2019-11-25). "Japan's Catholic deputy PM was born for the job- UCA News". ucanews.com. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "Aso Cement Overview | Aso Cement". Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "Chikako Aso, Aso Corp: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-11-20.