Shinzō Abe
Shinzō Abe | |
|---|---|
安倍 晋三 | |
 Abe in September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| 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 | |
| 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 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 second-longest serving Prime Minister in Japan since World War II.[6]
He was born in Shinjuku, Tokyo, but his Constituency is in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was inherited from his father Shintarō Abe.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Abe elected as new Japan premier", BBC News. Shinto Abe Inaugurated as Japanese Prime Minister July 2006. Archived 17 January 2010 at WebCite
- ↑ "Embattled Japanese PM stepping down" CBC News. Retrieved 12 September 2007. Archived 17 January 2010 at WebCite
- ↑ "Japanese prime minister resigns" BBC News. Retrieved 12 September 2007. Archived 17 January 2010 at WebCite
- ↑ "Why Did Prime Minister Abe Shinzo Resign? Crippling Diarrhea" Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, JapanProbe.com, 12 January 2008.
- ↑ Martin Fackler (2012-12-26). "Ex-Premier Is Chosen to Govern Japan Again". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ↑ Osaki, Tomohiro (2019-06-06). "Abe equals Hirobumi Ito as Japan's third-longest-serving prime minister". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
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