Junichiro Koizumi
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Junichiro Koizumi is a Japanese retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009. He is the si
Official portrait, 2001
Koizumi as Health Minister, 1997
Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush meet at the White House on 25 September 2001.
Koizumi with Kofi Annan, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, 20 July 2001
Shinzo Abe
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Shinzo Abe was a Japanese statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest
Junichiro Koizumi
…from office in 2006, per LDP rules, and would not personally choose a successor as many LDP prime ministers have in the past. On 20 September 2006, Shinzo Abe was elected to succeed Koizumi as president of the LDP. Abe succeeded Koizumi as prime minister on 26 September 2006. Koizumi remained in the Diet…
Official portrait, 2012
The Abe family in 1956 (left to right): his mother Yōko, Shinzo at the age of two, his father Shintaro and his elder brother Hironobu
Shinzo (center) with his family and grandfather Nobusuke Kishi (4th left), who influenced Abe's beliefs
Memorial monument for Shinzō Abe at Osaka Gokoku Shrine in Osaka Japan