Wataru Aso

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Wataru Aso (麻生 渡, Wataru Aso^? born 1939) is the governor of Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 1995. Since 2005 Asō is also President of the National Governors' Association (NGA, Zenkoku Chiji-kai). A native of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1963.

[edit] References

• 政治家情報 〜麻生 渡〜 (Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.

[edit] External links

• Official website (Japanese)*
• English language NGA website

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