Junichiro Koizumi

Junichiro Koizumi
小泉 純一郎
Koizumi in Mairch 2010
56t Prime Meenister o Japan
In office April 26, 2001 – September 26, 2006
Monarch	Akihito
Precedit bi	Yoshirō Mori
Succeedit bi	Shinzo Abe
Meenister for Foreign Affairs
In office January 26, 2002 – February 16, 2002
Precedit bi	Makiko Tanaka
Succeedit bi	Yoriko Kawaguchi
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office November 7, 1996 – July 29, 1998
Prime Meenister	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Precedit bi	Naoto Kan
Succeedit bi	Sohei Miyashita
In office December 27, 1988 – August 10, 1989
Prime Meenister	Noboru Takeshita Sōsuke Uno
Precedit bi	Takao Fujimoto
Succeedit bi	Saburo Toida
Meenister o Post an Telecommunications
In office December 12, 1992 – Julie 20, 1993
Prime Meenister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Precedit bi	Hideo Watanabe
Succeedit bi	Kiichi Miyazawa
Member o the Japanese Pairlament for Kanagawa 11t destrict
In office 1996–2009
Precedit bi	New constituency
Succeedit bi	Shinjirō Koizumi
Majority	197,037 (73.16%)
Personal details
Born	(1942-01-08) 8 Januar 1942 Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Poleetical pairty	Leeberal Democratic Pairty
Spoose(s)	Kayoko Miyamoto (m. 1978–1982)
Bairns	Kōtarō Koizumi Shinjirō Koizumi Yoshinaga Miyamoto
Alma mater	Keio Varsity University College London

Junichiro Koizumi (小泉 純一郎, Koizumi Jun'ichirō, born Januar 8, 1942) is a Japanese politeecian wha wis the 56t Prime Meenister o Japan frae 2001 tae 2006. He retired frae politics when his term in pairlament endit in 2009, an is currently the fift langest servin PM in Japanese history.