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Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006-2007 and 2012-2020 (1954-2022) · Japan · Politicians · Died at 67

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Japan's longest-serving prime minister - nearly nine years across two separate terms - and the first former premier to return to office in six decades. Shot dead in 2022 while giving a campaign speech, the first assassination of a Japanese leader in eighty-six years.

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A life in dates

2026The anniversary of their death, on 8 July.8 July 20262022Died8 July 2022Collar of the Supreme Order of the ChrysanthemumAwardHonorary DoctorateAwardJunior First RankAward2021Padma Vibhushan in Public AffairsAwardMember of the House of Representatives of JapanOffice2021-20222020Chief Commander of the Legion of MeritAward2018Time 100Award2017Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAwardMember of the House of Representatives of JapanOffice2016Global Citizen AwardsAward2015Honorary Doctor of the Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityAward2014Time 100AwardMember of the House of Representatives of JapanOffice2013Asian of the YearAwardHerman Kahn AwardAwardHonorary DoctorateAward2012President of the Liberal Democratic PartyOffice2012-2020Prime Minister of JapanOffice2012-20202006“I have just been appointed to the office of Prime Minister.”In their words29 September 2006Policy Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the 165th Session of the Diet (29 September 2006)

“In conducting the affairs of State, I will first clarify my own political stance to the people of Japan and to the members of the Diet.”In their words29 September 2006Policy Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the 165th Session of the Diet (29 September 2006)

President of the Liberal Democratic PartyOffice2006-2007Prime Minister of JapanOffice2006-20072005Chief Cabinet SecretaryOffice2005-20062002Best Dressed Award Political and Economic CategoryAward1954Born21 September 1954

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In their own words 2

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Shinzō Abe
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2 statements, newest first

  1. I have just been appointed to the office of Prime Minister.

    Sep 29, 2006, Policy Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the 165th Session of the Diet (29 September 2006), Own words

  2. In conducting the affairs of State, I will first clarify my own political stance to the people of Japan and to the members of the Diet.

    Sep 29, 2006, Policy Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the 165th Session of the Diet (29 September 2006), Own words

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Honorary Doctorate, International Islamic University Malaysia2022
Junior First Rank2022
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum2022
Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum2022
Padma Vibhushan in Public Affairs2021
Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit2020
Gold Olympic Order, Thomas Bach2020
Time 1002018
Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay2018
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic2017
Global Citizen Awards2016
Honorary Doctor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University2015
Honorary Doctor of the Turkmen State University2015
Time 1002014
Order of Al-Khalifa2013
Best Dressed Award Political and Economic Category2013
Honorary Doctorate, Rangsit University2013
Asian of the Year2013
Herman Kahn Award2013
Best Dressed Award Political and Economic Category2002
Grand Cross of the Order of Honour
Grand Cross of the Ivorian Order of Merit
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Merit
Order of Sikatuna
Order of Bahrain
Order of the Liberator General San Martín
Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
Order of the Republic of Serbia
Order of the Southern Cross
National Order of Merit
Order of the Paulownia Flowers
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of the White Elephant
Order of Australia
Order of Propitious Clouds
Order of the Sun of Peru
Order of Friendship
Collar of the Order of Abdul Aziz Al Saud

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Born in Tokyo in 1954 into a political dynasty - son of an LDP politician, grandson of a prime minister - Abe graduated from Seikei University, worked in industry, and entered the House of Representatives in 1993. He rose quickly: party secretary-general, Chief Cabinet Secretary under Koizumi, then prime minister in 2006 at age fifty-two, Japan's youngest post-war premier and the first born after the war. A staunch conservative, he pursued constitutional revision, initiated the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue to counter China, and resigned in 2007 amid unpopularity and illness. In 2012 he returned, leading the LDP to landslide victory and launching "Abenomics" to restart Japan's stalled economy. He passed controversial security legislation in 2015, won elections in 2014 and 2017, and became Japan's longest-serving leader before resigning again in 2020. Two years later, delivering a speech in Nara, he was killed by a gunman motivated by his ties to the Unification Church - a polarizing end for a polarizing figure.

Country
Japan
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1954 to 2022 · aged 67

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