Shintaro Abe
| Shintaro Abe | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1982–1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Preceded by | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1924 Yamaguchi prefecture |
| Died | May 15, 1991 (aged 67) Tokyo |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Tokyo University |
Shintaro Abe (安倍 晋太郎 Abe Shintarō, 29 April 1924 - 15 May 1991)[1] was a Japanese politician from Yamaguchi Prefecture. He was a leading member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He was Japan`s longest reigning postwar foreign minister.[2]
Early life and education
Abe was born in Yamaguchi prefecture[2] on 29 April 1924 and the eldest son of a pre-World War I politician and member of Parliament Kan Abe. His mother was an army general's daughter.[3] He was a graduate of Tokyo University's law department.[3]
Career
Shintaro Abe began his career as a political reporter for Mainichi Shimbun.[4] He became a politician in 1957, when he started working as a legislative aide of the then-prime minister Nobusuke Kishi.[4] He won his father's seat in the House of Representatives in 1958.[3]
He led a major LDP faction, the conservative Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai, whose reins took from former Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda in July 1986, and held a variety of ministerial and party posts. He held different ministerial posts, including minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, minister of international trade and industry.[3] Abe was named as minister of international trade and industry in the cabinet of the then prime minister Zenko Suzuki on 30 November 1981.[5] During this period, he was seen as young leader groomed for the future prime ministry.[5] In July 1982, he was appointed minister of foreign affairs in the cabinet of the then-prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, replacing Yoshio Sakurauchi. His term lasted until 1986.[2]
Abe was a top contender to succeed Nakasone as prime minister in 1987, until he stepped aside for Noboru Takeshita, head of a powerful rival faction. Then, he was given the post of general secretary of the party in 1987.[2] In 1988, his chances of becoming prime minister sometime in a near future were again thwarted when his name became associated with the Recruit-Cosmos insider-trading stock scandal, which brought down Takeshita and forced Abe to resign as the party's general secretary in December 1988.[2]
Personal life
Abe was son-in-law of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. He was married to Yoko Kishi, daughter of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi in 1951.[2] His second son, Shinzō Abe, became Prime Minister of Japan on 26 September 2006 and on 26 December 2012.[6]
Death
Abe was hospitalized in January 1991.[3] He died of heart failure at Tokyo's Juntendo University Hospital on 15 May 1991.[4]
References
- ↑ "Abe, Shintaro". Who Was Who in America, with World Notables, v. 10: 1989-1993. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who. 1993. p. 1. ISBN 0837902207.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Yates, Ronald E. (16 May 1991). "Shintaro Abe, 67". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Shintaro Abe; Ex-Japanese Foreign Minister". Los Angeles Times (Tokyo). 16 May 1991. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Shintaro Abe, Japanese Political Leader". The Seattle Times. 15 May 1991. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Japan's cabinet shuffled". Spokane Daily Chronicle (Tokyo). UPI. 30 November 1981. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Profile: Shinzo Abe". BBC. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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| Preceded by Yoshio Sakurauchi |
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan 1982–1986 |
Succeeded by Tadashi Kuranari |
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