1963 - Today
Taro Kono (河野 太郎, Kōno Tarō, born 10 January 1963) is a Japanese politician serving as the Minister for Digital Transformation since August 2022. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he previously served as Minister for Administrative Reform and Regulatory Reform from 2015 to 2016 and from 2020 to 2021, and was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarō Kōno has received more than 211,086 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tarō Kōno is the 10,644th most popular politician (up from 13,327th in 2019), the 862nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,216th in 2019) and the 297th most popular Japanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Tarō Kōno ranks 10,644 out of 15,577. Before him are Winfried Kretschmann, John Komnenos, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Wang Zhen, Jean Ping, and Ahmed Khan bin Küchük. After him are Park Won-soon, Leonid Pasechnik, Dmitry of Suzdal, Lori Lightfoot, Karl Buresch, and Adolf III of Holstein.
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,638
1015 - 1067
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,639
1725 - 1775
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,640
1909 - 1993
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,641
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,642
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,643
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,644
1956 - 2020
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,645
1970 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,646
1322 - 1383
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,647
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,648
1878 - 1936
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 10,649
1160 - 1225
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 10,650
Among people born in 1963, Tarō Kōno ranks 133. Before him are Jean-Marc Vallée, Doris Leuthard, Farahnaz Pahlavi, Maria Ressa, Marc Girardelli, and Roberto Alagna. After him are Ivan Hašek, Michael Chiklis, Tatum O'Neal, José Mari Bakero, John van 't Schip, and Kim Ung-yong.
1963 - 2021
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 127
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 128
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 129
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 130
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 131
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 132
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 133
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 134
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 135
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 136
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 137
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 138
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 139
Among people born in Japan, Tarō Kōno ranks 862 out of 6,048. Before him are Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Tomomi Seo (1950), Takizawa Bakin (1767), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), and Kusumoto Ine (1827). After him are Norio Ohga (1930), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Koichi Tohei (1920), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), and Maruyama Ōkyo (1733).
1903 - 1951
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 856
1912 - 1998
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 857
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 858
1767 - 1848
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 859
1955 - 2016
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 860
1827 - 1903
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 861
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 862
1930 - 2011
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 863
1947 - 1991
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 864
1920 - 2011
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 865
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 866
1872 - 1943
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 867
1733 - 1795
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 868
Among politicians born in Japan, Tarō Kōno ranks 297. Before him are Ichirō Ozawa (1942), Tsuda Umeko (1864), Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407), Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Kabayama Sukenori (1837), and Takizawa Bakin (1767). After him are Ōmura Sumitada (1533), Sadako Ogata (1927), Sakuma Shōzan (1811), Konoe Sakihisa (1536), Tokugawa Nariaki (1800), and Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759).
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 291
1864 - 1929
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 292
1407 - 1425
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 293
1239 - 1256
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 294
1837 - 1922
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 295
1767 - 1848
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 296
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 297
1533 - 1587
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 298
1927 - 2019
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 299
1811 - 1864
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 300
1536 - 1612
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 301
1800 - 1860
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 302
1759 - 1829
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 303