Online dictionary of politics and media in Japan: Abe Shinzo

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Abe Shinzo

安倍晋三
alternative words: Shinzo Abe
keywords: statesman
related topics: Koizumi Junichiro , Yamaguchi_prefecture
related web sites: http://www.s-abe.or.jp , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinzo_Abe
explanation: Born in 1954 in Tokyo as a second son of Abe Shintaro, an ex foreign minister and unfortunate candidate to the prime ministership. Graduated at Seikei university, he worked as a personal secretary of his father and succeeded him in an electoral district of Yamaguchi prefecture after his death in 1993. Served as a chief cabinet secretary of Koizumi in 2005, Abe had succeed him as prime minister since 2006 but after a historical defeat in Senate election, he surprisingly left the post in September 2007.