A timeline of the career of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
The Hindu
Here is a look at some key dates in former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s life and career
Born into a prominent political family, Shinzo Abe, who was shot at a campaign event on Friday in western Japan, had been the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister.
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While credited with bringing a degree of stability to Japan following a period of economic malaise, Mr. Abe angered neighbors South Korea and China — along with many Japanese — with his nationalistic rhetoric and calls to revise the country’s pacifist constitution.
September 21, 1954: Mr. Abe is born in Tokyo, the son of Shintaro Abe, who served as Japan’s foreign minister, and grandson of Nobusuke Kishi, a former Prime Minister.
1977: Graduates from Seikei University in Tokyo with a degree in political science, after which he moves to the U.S. to study public policy at the University of Southern California for three semesters.
1979: Begins working at Kobe Steel as the firm was expanding its presence abroad.
1982: Leaves the company to pursue new positions at the Foreign Ministry and with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.