Kazuo Ueda
植田 和男
うえだ かずお
32nd Governor of the Bank of Japan
Assumed office
9 April 2023
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byHaruhiko Kuroda
Personal details
Born (1951-09-20) September 20, 1951
Makinohara, Japan
EducationUniversity of Tokyo (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)

Kazuo Ueda (植田 和男, うえだ かずお, September 20, 1951) is a Japanese economist who has been serving as the 32nd Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) since April 2023.[1]

He is a professor emeritus at University of Tokyo and now working as a professor at Kyoritsu Women's University. He was a dean of Faculty of Economics at University of Tokyo and a president of the Japanese Economic Association.

Biography

Ueda graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and then studied at Faculty of Economics under Hirofumi Uzawa, Ryutaro Komiya, and Koichi Hamada.[2][3]

In 1980, Ueda received his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2] His doctoral advisor was Stanley Fischer.

After working at the University of British Columbia and Osaka University, he joined the University of Tokyo in 1989, retiring in 2017 to become Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo.[2]

From April 2011 to June 2012, Ueda was a president of the Japan Economic Association.[2]

Other activities

Japanese works

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References

  1. ↑ "日銀新総裁、植田和男氏を起用へ 経済学者で元審議委員". 日経電子版 (in Japanese). 日本経済新聞社. 2023-02-10. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "GraSPP: Profile of Kazuo UEDA". www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  3. ↑ 東京大学教授 植田和男さん 理論と政策を行き来する（5） 大学への恩返しにと事務方の仕事も担う 日本経済新聞 2011年10月21日
  4. ↑ Board of Governors International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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