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
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
Assassination of Shinzo Abe
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On 8 July 2022, Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and serving member of the Japanese House of Representatives, was assassinated while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji
Shinzo Abe
…Japan's longest-serving prime minister. In 2020, he again resigned, citing a relapse of his illness, and was succeeded by Yoshihide Suga. In 2022, Abe was assassinated in Nara while delivering a campaign speech for the upper house elections. The killer, Tetsuya Yamagami, confessed he was motivated by Abe's ties with…
Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station, several hours after the shooting
Prime Minister Kishida reads Abe's eulogy in his state funeral in Nippon Budokan
Abe in March 2022
Kirigaya Funeral Hall, where Abe's funeral was held