Shinzō Abe
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| Shinzō Abe | |
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| 安倍 晋三 | |
Abe in September 2012
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| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| Assumed office 26 December 2012 |
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| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Tarō Asō |
| Preceded by | Yoshihiko Noda |
| In office 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007 |
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| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Succeeded by | Yasuo Fukuda |
| President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2012 |
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| Deputy | Masahiko Kōmura |
| Preceded by | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| In office 20 September 2006 – 26 September 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Succeeded by | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Hiroyuki Hosoda |
| Succeeded by | Yasuhisa Shiozaki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1954 Nagato, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Akie Matsuzaki |
| Alma mater | Seikei University |
| Religion | Shinto[1] |
Shinzō Abe (born September 21, 1954) is the Prime Minister of Japan. He was made the 90th Prime Minister of Japan following Junichiro Koizumi in 2006 but stepped down after a year on September 12, 2007. The official reason to end his term was missing support for Japan's mission in Iraq, however, he had been involved in a number of crises for the last couple of months.
In 2012 he was once again made party leader, and the LDP went on to win the election in December 2012 by a wide margin.
He was born in Shinjuku, Tokyo, but Constituency is in Yamaguchi Prefecture, inherited from his father Shintarō Abe.
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