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Junichiro Koizumi

1942 - Today

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Junichiro Koizumi ( koy-ZOO-mee; 小泉 純一郎, Koizumi Jun'ichirō [ko.iꜜzɯmi (d)ʑɯɰ̃.iꜜtɕiɾoː]; born 8 January 1942) is a Japanese retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Junichiro Koizumi has received more than 1,132,839 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Junichiro Koizumi is the 3,275th most popular politician (down from 3,086th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Japan (down from 144th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Japanese Politician.

Junichiro Koizumi was the Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He is most famous for his reforms to the Japanese economy.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 3,275 out of 19,576Before him are Emperor Ōgimachi, Cecrops I, Marcus Annius Verus, Mihály Károlyi, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, and Ferdinand II of Portugal. After him are Princess Thyra of Denmark, Rudolph II of Burgundy, Ephialtes, U Nu, Al-Hakam I, and Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 78Before him are Gilberto Gil, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vicente Fox, Maurizio Pollini, and Muhammadu Buhari. After him are Peter Greenaway, Hissène Habré, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, John Cale, Jean-Claude Trichet, and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 169 out of 6,245Before him are Emperor Ōjin (210), Antonio Inoki (1943), Shohei Imamura (1926), Emperor Kaika (-208), Emperor Tenmu (631), and Masatoshi Koshiba (1926). After him are Emperor Suinin (-69), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Syukuro Manabe (1931), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), and Masanobu Fukuoka (1913).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 54Before him are Emperor Kōrei (-341), Issey Miyake (1938), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Emperor Ōjin (210), Emperor Kaika (-208), and Emperor Tenmu (631). After him are Emperor Suinin (-69), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), and Emperor Momozono (1741).