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Shinzō Abe

1954 - 2022

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Shinzo Abe (21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, serving for nearly nine years in total. Born in Tokyo, Abe was a member of the Satō–Kishi–Abe family as the son of LDP politician Shintaro Abe and grandson of prime minister Nobusuke Kishi. He graduated from Seikei University and briefly attended the University of Southern California before working in industry and party posts, and was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shinzō Abe is the 574th most popular politician (up from 611th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Japan (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Politician.

Shinzo Abe is most famous for his economic policy known as "Abenomics," which involved a series of measures aimed at stimulating Japan's economy, including monetary easing, fiscal stimulus, and structural reforms. He also played a key role in strengthening Japan's military and foreign policy, particularly in the face of growing tensions with neighboring countries like North Korea and China.

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Among politicians, Shinzō Abe ranks 574 out of 19,576. Before him are Aurelian, Hafsa Sultan, Yazid I, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Şehzade Bayezid, and Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria. After him are Mary of Burgundy, Friedrich Merz, Władysław II Jagiełło, Suharto, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and Mohamed Morsi.

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Among people born in 1954, Shinzō Abe ranks 6. Before him are Angela Merkel, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Jackie Chan, François Hollande, and Alexander Lukashenko. After him are Denzel Washington, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hugo Chávez, Viktor Yushchenko, and John Travolta. Among people deceased in 2022, Shinzō Abe ranks 7. Before him are Pope Benedict XVI, Elizabeth II, Pelé, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ivana Trump, and Jiang Zemin. After him are Vangelis, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Jean-Luc Godard, Leonid Kravchuk, Ben Roy Mottelson, and Francisco Gento.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinzō Abe ranks 19 out of 6,245. Before him are Haruki Murakami (1949), Yukio Mishima (1925), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Hideki Tojo (1884), Emperor Taishō (1879), and Murasaki Shikibu (973). After him are Satoshi Nakamoto (1975), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Yoko Ono (1933), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Emperor Jimmu (-711), and Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shinzō Abe ranks 5. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Emperor Meiji (1852), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), and Hideki Tojo (1884). After him are Emperor Jimmu (-711), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Itō Hirobumi (1841), and Sasaki Kojirō (1583).

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