Shintaro Abe | |
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安倍 晋太郎 | |
 Abe in 1982 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 27 November 1982 – 22 July 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Preceded by | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| Succeeded by | Tadashi Kuranari |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
| In office 30 November 1981 – 27 November 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Rokusuke Tanaka |
| Succeeded by | Sadanori Yamanaka |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 28 November 1977 – 7 December 1978 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Sunao Sonoda |
| Succeeded by | Rokusuke Tanaka |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | |
| In office 9 December 1974 – 15 September 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Miki |
| Preceded by | Tadao Kuraishi |
| Succeeded by | Buichi Ōishi |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 29 January 1967 – 15 May 1991 | |
| Constituency | Yamaguchi 1st |
| In office 23 May 1958 – 23 October 1963 | |
| Constituency | Yamaguchi 1st |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1924-04-29)29 April 1924 Tokyo City,Tokyo Prefecture,Empire of Japan |
| Died | 15 May 1991(1991-05-15) (aged 67) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Spouse | Yoko Kishi |
| Children | |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Shintaro Abe (安倍 晋太郎,Abe Shintarō, April 29, 1924 – May 15, 1991)[1] was a Japanese politician who served asMinister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1986.[2] He was a leading member of the rulingLiberal Democratic Party (LDP). He was the father of Prime MinisterShinzo Abe and part of theSatō–Kishi–Abe family.
Shintaro Abe was born on April 29, 1924, inTokyo, the only son of politician and member of ParliamentKan Abe. He was raised in his father's home prefecture of Yamaguchi from soon after his birth. His mother was an army general's daughter.[3]
Abe marriedYoko Kishi, daughter of Prime MinisterNobusuke Kishi, in 1951.[2] His second son,Shinzo Abe, served as prime minister from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.[4] His third son,Nobuo Kishi, was adopted by his brother-in-law shortly after birth, won a House of Representatives seat in 2012 and was appointed Minister of Defense in 2020. He was fromYamaguchi Prefecture.
After graduating from high school in 1944 duringWorld War II, Abe entered a naval aviation school and volunteered to become akamikaze pilot. The war ended before he could undergo the required training.[5] In 1949 he graduated from the Faculty of Law at theUniversity of Tokyo, Shintaro Abe began his career as a political reporter forMainichi Shimbun.[6] He became a politician in 1957, when he started working as a legislative aide of his father in-law, the then-prime ministerNobusuke Kishi.[6] He won his father's seat inthe House of Representatives in 1958.[3]
He led a major LDP faction, the conservative Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai, whose reins he took from former Prime MinisterTakeo Fukuda in July 1986, and held a variety of ministerial and party posts, the former of which includedMinister of Agriculture and Forestry andMinister of International Trade and Industry.[3] Abe was named as Minister of International Trade and Industry in the cabinet of the then prime ministerZenkō Suzuki on November 30, 1981.[7] During this period, he was seen as a young leader groomed for the future prime ministry.[7] In November 1982, he was appointedMinister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of the then-prime ministerYasuhiro Nakasone, replacingYoshio Sakurauchi. His term lasted until 1986.[2]
Abe was a top contender to succeed Nakasone as prime minister in 1987, until he stepped aside forNoboru Takeshita, head of a powerful rival faction. Then, he was given the post of secretary general of the party in 1987.[2] In 1988, his chances of becoming prime minister some time in the near future were again thwarted when his name became associated with theRecruit-Cosmos insider-trading stock scandal, which brought down Takeshita and forced Abe to resign as the party's secretary general in December 1988.[2]
Shintaro Abe was hospitalized in January 1991.[3] He died atTokyo's Juntendo University Hospital on May 15, 1991, aged 67. The cause of death was liver failure.[8][6][9]
From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
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| Preceded by Tadao Kuraishi | Minister of Agriculture and Forestry 1974–1976 | Succeeded by Buichi Ōishi |
| Preceded by | Chief Cabinet Secretary 1977–1978 | Succeeded by Rokusuke Tanaka |
| Preceded by Rokusuke Tanaka | Minister of International Trade and Industry 1981–1982 | Succeeded by Sadanori Yamanaka |
| Preceded by | Minister for Foreign Affairs ofJapan 1982–1986 | Succeeded by |
| House of Representatives (Japan) | ||
| Preceded by Soichi Kamoda | Chair, Financial Affairs Committee of theHouse of Representatives of Japan 1973–1974 | Succeeded by Senichiro Uemura |
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| Preceded by | Chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee,Liberal Democratic Party 1976–1977 | Succeeded by Asao Mihara |
| Preceded by Toshio Komoto | Chairman of the Policy Research Committee,Liberal Democratic Party 1979–1981 | Succeeded by Rokusuke Tanaka |
| Preceded by | Chairman of General Affairs Committee,Liberal Democratic Party 1986–1987 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party 1987–1989 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Head of Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai 1986–1991 | Succeeded by |
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