1942 - Today
Junichiro Koizumi (; 小泉 純一郎, Koizumi Jun'ichirō [ko.iꜜzɯmi (d)ʑɯɰ̃.iꜜtɕiɾoː]; born 8 January 1942) is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009, and he remains the sixth-longest serving Prime Minister in Japanese history.He was often described as a "populist" or "right-wing populist". Widely seen as a maverick leader of the LDP upon his election to the position in 2001, he became known as a neoliberal economic reformer, focusing on reducing Japan's government debt and the privatisation of its postal service. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Junichiro Koizumi has received more than 672,873 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Junichiro Koizumi is the 3,079th most popular politician (up from 3,252nd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Japan (up from 155th in 2019) and the 40th 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, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 3,079 out of 15,710. Before him are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Deiphobus, Than Shwe, Władysław Gomułka, Lucius Vitellius the Elder, and Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba. After him are Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Bardiya, Ivan Ribar, Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, and Dương Văn Minh.
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 3,073
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 3,074
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 3,075
1905 - 1982
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 3,076
10 BC - 51
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3,077
1926 - 2014
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3,078
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3,079
1470 - 1524
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3,080
580 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3,081
1881 - 1968
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3,082
1371 - 1440
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3,083
1195 - 1241
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3,084
1916 - 2001
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3,085
Among people born in 1942, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 67. Before him are Giacomo Agostini, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Peter Greenaway, Felipe González, Wolfgang Schäuble, and Scott Wilson. After him are Sandro Mazzola, Stanley B. Prusiner, Gilberto Gil, Manuel Castells, Lee Kun-hee, and John Cale.
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 61
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 62
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 63
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 64
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 65
1942 - 2018
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 66
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 67
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 68
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 69
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 70
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 71
1942 - 2020
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 72
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 73
Among people born in Japan, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 130 out of 5,560. Before him are Momofuku Ando (1910), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Emperor Nintoku (290), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), and Emperor Kōrei (-341). After him are Hisataka Okamoto (1933), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Yoichiro Nambu (1921), Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), Emperor Ōjin (210), and Emperor Suinin (-69).
1910 - 2007
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 124
1593 - 1615
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 125
290 - 399
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 126
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 127
1915 - 1997
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 128
341 BC - 214 BC
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 129
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 130
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 131
1363 - 1443
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 132
1921 - 2015
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 133
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 134
210 - 310
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 135
69 BC - 70
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 136
Among politicians born in Japan, Junichiro Koizumi ranks 40. Before him are Emperor Reigen (1654), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Emperor Nintoku (290), and Emperor Kōrei (-341). After him are Emperor Ōjin (210), Emperor Suinin (-69), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), and Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633).
1654 - 1732
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 34
1675 - 1710
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 35
1579 - 1632
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 36
1880 - 1950
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 37
290 - 399
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 38
341 BC - 214 BC
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 39
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 40
210 - 310
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 41
69 BC - 70
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 42
1118 - 1181
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 43
1638 - 1685
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 44
1604 - 1651
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 45
1633 - 1654
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 46