Abe Shinzo, who belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party, was born in Tokyo on September 21, 1954. His parents came from a political family. His grandfather Abe Kan and his father Abe Shintaro were both members of Congress from Yamaguchi Prefecture. His grandfather Kishi Nobuyuki and his uncle Sato Eisaku are influenced by him. Japan’s post-war political veteran. Sato Eisaku was once the prime minister with the longest consecutive term in office. He was in power for 2,798 days, and the record was broken by Shinzo Abe.
Shinzo Abe attended Seikei Gakuen, a prestigious private school in Tokyo, from elementary school to high school. The university entered the Department of Political Science of Seikei University, majoring in administration. After graduating in 1977, he attended a language school in the United States and the University of Southern California the following year, but returned to Japan a year later to work at Kobe Steel.
In 1982, his father Shintaro Abe became Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Shinzo Abe followed his father into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became Secretary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. When Abe Shintaro died in 1991, Abe Shinzo took over his father’s constituency in Yamaguchi Prefecture and was successfully elected in the 40th House of Representatives election in 1993, starting his career as a member of Congress. Abe’s mother, Yoko, is the eldest daughter of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinsuke Kishi, and Abe’s wife, Akie, is an entrepreneur daughter from Morinaga Group.