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Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe (安倍 晋三, Abe Shinzō, pronounced [abe ɕindzoː]; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanesepolitician. He was the Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. Abe had been a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 until his assassination in 2022. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was the party's president twice during his time as prime minister. Between 2005 and 2006, he was the Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Junichiro Koizumi government.
Prime Minister
[change | change source]He was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan following Junichiro Koizumi in 2006.[1] He was elected at age 52, becoming the youngest post-war prime minister in Japan's history.[2] However, he stepped down on 12 September 2007 after a year.[3][4] The stated reason to end his term was missing support for Japan's mission in Afghanistan.[5]
In 2012 he again became party leader and his party went on to win the election in December 2012 by a wide margin. This brought him bac
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Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister of Japan (2006–2007, 2012–2020)
The native form of this personal name is Abe Shinzo. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Shinzo Abe | |
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Official portrait, 2012 | |
| In office 26 December 2012 – 16 September 2020 | |
| Monarchs | |
| Deputy | Tarō Asō |
| Preceded by | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Succeeded by | Yoshihide Suga |
| In office 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Succeeded by | Yasuo Fukuda |
| In office 26 September 2012 – 14 September 2020 | |
| Vice President | Masahiko Kōmura |
| Secretary-General | |
| Preceded by | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| Succeeded by | Yoshihide Suga |
| In office 20 September 2006 – 23 September 2007 | |
| Secretary-General | |
| Preceded by | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Succeeded by | Yasuo Fukuda |
| In office 31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Hiroyuki Hosoda |
| Succeeded by | Yasuhisa Shiozaki |
| In office 22 September 2003 – 24 September 2004 | |
Abe Shinzō in His Own Words: A Memoir of Japan’s Longest-Serving Prime MinisterFending off the Ministry of FinanceBetween his two stints as prime minister, Abe Shinzō held power for a record 3,188 days. During that time, he undertook such challenges as cutting through the intransigence of major government agencies, boosting Japan’s flagging economy, and managing relationships with the world’s major powers, efforts that won him both loyalists and detractors. Abe Shinzō kaikoroku (Abe Shinzō: A Memoir), a recently published work based on multiple interviews with the politician after he stepped down as prime minister in September 2020, provides an intimate glimpse into Abe’s fighting disposition and other insights from his time in power. Abe frequently found himself at odds with bureaucrats at Japan’s different government agencies, and the memoir is full of fascinating episodes. For instance, as the COVID-19 pandemic was kicking into full swing in 2020, Abe describes telling officials that he was concerned about inadequacies in Japan’s testing ap Copyright ©bernate.pages.dev 2025 | |