Yoshihide Suga

Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021

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Born 1948 · age 78Japan

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Updated 2026-06-21

He held the job longer than anyone in Japanese history — Chief Cabinet Secretary for eight years — then took the top office itself for just one. Suga's year as prime minister was defined by pandemic management and sliding approval, ending with a decision not to seek re-election before the party could push him out.

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Born to strawberry farmers in rural Akita Prefecture on 6 December 1948, Suga left for Tokyo after high school and worked his way through Hosei University. He became an aide to Representative Hikosaburo Okonogi in 1975, then won a seat on the Yokohama Municipal Assembly in 1987 and entered the House of Representatives in 1996. A close ally of Shinzo Abe, he served briefly as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in 2006, then returned in 2012 as Chief Cabinet Secretary — a role he held for the entirety of Abe's second term. When Abe resigned in September 2020 due to health concerns,…

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We cannot realize financial reconstruction and enhance social security without a strong economy.

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With their marriage, I am hoping that mothers will contribute to their country by feeling like they want to have more children. Please have many children.

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