Haruhiko Kuroda

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Haruhiko Kuroda
黒田 東彦
31st Governor of the Bank of Japan
Assumed office
20 March 2013
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Yoshihide Suga
Fumio Kishida
Preceded byMasaaki Shirakawa
8th President of the Asian Development Bank
In office
1 February 2005 – 18 March 2013
Preceded byTadao Chino
Succeeded byTakehiko Nakao
Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs
In office
8 July 1999 – 14 January 2003
Preceded byEisuke Sakakibara
Succeeded byZenbee Mizoguchi
Director General of the International Bureau
In office
15 July 1997 – 8 July 1999
Preceded byEisuke Sakakibara
Succeeded byZenbee Mizoguchi
Personal details
Born (1944-10-25) 25 October 1944 (age 79)
Ōmuta, Japan
Spouse(s)Kumiko Kuroda
Children2
EducationUniversity of Tokyo
All Souls College, Oxford
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Haruhiko Kuroda (黒田 東彦, Kuroda Haruhiko, born 25 October 1944), is a Japanese banker. He is the 31st and current Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).[1] He was the President of the Asian Development Bank from 1 February 2005 to 18 March 2013.[2][3]

References[change | change source]

  1. 'Japan's central bank to keep retreating from stimulus under Haruhiko Kuroda, former BOJ member says', The Japan Times, 20 February 2018.
  2. "Haruhiko Kuroda is ADB president". rediff.com. 18 November 2004. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  3. "Biographies of past ADB presidents". Asian Development Bank (ADB). Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.