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'''Shinzo Abe''' (安倍晋三 ''Abe Shinzoo''; | {{image|Abe Shinzo 20200101.jpg|right|250|Shinzo Abe in 2020}} | ||
'''Shinzo Abe''' (安倍晋三 ''Abe Shinzoo''; 21st September 1954 – 8th July 2022) was the [[Prime Minister of Japan]] and leader of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] from 2012 to 2020 and 2006 to 2007.<ref>''Japan Times'': '[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121226x1.html LDP, Abe get second chance; Cabinet is sworn in]'.</ref> His first premiership ended when various factors including low approval ratings, the failure to pass an anti-[[terrorism]] law and ill health led him to quit.<ref>''Japan Times'': '[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20070913a1.html Abe announces he will resign]'. 13th September 2007.</ref> However, he went on to become the longest-serving Japanese prime minister in history. | |||
Abe was assassinated in July of 2022 while campaigning for his party in [[Nara (city)|Nara]].<ref>''Japan Times'': '[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/08/national/shinzo-abe-dead-nara-shooting/ Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated]'. 8th July 2022.</ref> The assassin apparently targeted Abe in part because of perceived ties, of both Abe and his party, to the [[Sun Myung Moon|Unification Church]], a.k.a. the Moonies. | |||
The state funeral held for Abe on September of 2022 generated controversy both for its cost and for it militaristic overtones, in a country which has adhered to a philosophy of pacifism for all the decades since World War II<ref>[https://www.newsnationnow.com/morninginamerica/abes-militaristic-funeral-captures-japans-tense-mood/ Abe’s militaristic funeral captures Japan’s tense mood] at NewsNation, last access 9/29/2022</ref>. | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:00, 18 October 2024
Shinzo Abe (安倍晋三 Abe Shinzoo; 21st September 1954 – 8th July 2022) was the Prime Minister of Japan and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2012 to 2020 and 2006 to 2007.[1] His first premiership ended when various factors including low approval ratings, the failure to pass an anti-terrorism law and ill health led him to quit.[2] However, he went on to become the longest-serving Japanese prime minister in history.
Abe was assassinated in July of 2022 while campaigning for his party in Nara.[3] The assassin apparently targeted Abe in part because of perceived ties, of both Abe and his party, to the Unification Church, a.k.a. the Moonies.
The state funeral held for Abe on September of 2022 generated controversy both for its cost and for it militaristic overtones, in a country which has adhered to a philosophy of pacifism for all the decades since World War II[4].
Footnotes
- ↑ Japan Times: 'LDP, Abe get second chance; Cabinet is sworn in'.
- ↑ Japan Times: 'Abe announces he will resign'. 13th September 2007.
- ↑ Japan Times: 'Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated'. 8th July 2022.
- ↑ Abe’s militaristic funeral captures Japan’s tense mood at NewsNation, last access 9/29/2022