Shinzō Abe

Shinzō Abe
Shinzō Abe
	安倍晋三
	Abe in 2012
Prime Minister of Japan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 December 2012
Monarch	Akihito; Naruhito
Deputy	Tarō Asō
Preceded by	Yoshihiko Noda
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Monarch	Akihito
Preceded by	Junichiro Koizumi
Succeeded by	Yasuo Fukuda
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 September 2012
Deputy	Masahiko Kōmura
Preceded by	Sadakazu Tanigaki
	In office; 20 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Preceded by	Junichiro Koizumi
Succeeded by	Yasuo Fukuda
Chief Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Hiroyuki Hosoda
Succeeded by	Yasuhisa Shiozaki
Personal details
Born	21 September 1954 (age 65); Nagato, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Akie Matsuzaki
Alma mater	Seikei University

Shinzō Abe (born 21 September 1954) is the Prime Minister of Japan. He was first made the 90th Prime Minister of Japan following Junichiro Koizumi in 2006.^[1] However, he stepped down on 12 September 2007 after a year.^[2]^[3] The stated reason to end his term was missing support for Japan's mission in Afghanistan.^[4] However, he had also been involved in a number of crises over the last few months. In 2012 he was once again made party leader and his party went on to win the election in December 2012 by a wide margin. This brought him back to power as Prime Minister.^[5] In 2019, he became the longest serving Prime Minister in Japan.^[6]