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Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe | |
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安倍 晋三 | |
 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 26 December 2012 – 16 September 2020 | |
| Monarch | |
| 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 |
| President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| In office 26 September 2012 – 14 September 2020 | |
| Vice President | Masahiko Kōmura |
| Secretary-General | Shigeru Ishiba Sadakazu Tanigaki Toshihiro Nikai |
| Preceded by | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| Succeeded by | Yoshihide Suga |
| In office 20 September 2006 – 26 September 2007 | |
| Secretary-General | Tsutomu Takebe Hidenao Nakagawa Tarō Asō |
| 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 |
| Member of the House of Representatives from Yamaguchi | |
| In office 20 October 1996 – 8 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Shinji Yoshida |
| Constituency | 4th district |
| Majority | 86,258 (58.40%) |
| In office 18 July 1993 – 20 October 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
| Constituency | 1st district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 安倍晋三 (Abe Shinzō) 21 September 1954 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 8 July 2022 (aged 67) Kashihara, Nara, Japan |
| Cause of death | Murder by firearm |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Mother | Yoko Abe |
| Father | Shintaro Abe |
| Relatives | Nobusuke Kishi (grandfather) Nobuo Kishi (brother) |
| Residence | Tokyo |
| Alma mater |
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Shinzo Abe (安倍 晋三, Abe Shinzō, pronounced [abe ɕindzoː]; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician. 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.
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