Shinzo
Abe - born September 21 , 1954 – July 8,
2022) was a Japanese politician & statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan & President of the
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 & again from
2012 to
2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese
history, serving for almost 9 years in total. Abe also served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2005 to 2006 under Junichiro Koizumi & was briefly the opposition leader in
2012.
He was killed by an assailant while giving a speech, The assassin approached him from behind & fired 2 shots using a homemade firearm. The 1st shot missed & prompted Abe to turn around, at which point a 2nd shot was fired, hitting Abe in the neck & chest area.
A 41-year-old man named Tetsuya Yamagami, a former JMSDF member, was immediately arrested & later confessed to local
police. Yamagami stated that he held a grudge against the Unification Church & shot Shinzo Abe because "the religious group & Abe were connected". Yamagami said he resented the fact that his mother was brain-washed by the religious group, & had gone bankrupt as a result of supporting them.
Shinzo Abe was born into a prominent political family in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
& died in Kashihara, Nara, Japan by assassination .
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, whose capital, Tokyo, will host the
2020 Summer Games, once dressed up as Super
Mario during the Olympic closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.
Born: September 21, 1954
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Died: July 8, 2022 (aged 67)
Kashihara, Nara, Japan
Cause of death : Assassination
Political party:
Liberal Democratic Seiwakai
Wife : Akie Matsuzaki
(
m. 1987)
Relatives
Father : Shintaro Abe
Mother : Yoko Kishi
Brothers : Hironobu Abe & Nobuo Kishi
Grandfather : Kan Abe
Grandfather :Nobusuke Kishi
Great uncle : Eisaku Satō
Prime Minister of Japan In office
December 26 , 2012 – September 16 ,
2020