c40234-5 President Reagan meeting with Shintaro Abe, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan and Chairman Liberal Democratic Party in the Oval Office 4-21-1987. Reagan White House Photographs; White House Photographic Collection; Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.

Shintarō Abe

Japan, 1924 - 1991. Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982-1986)

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Place of BirthToyko, Japan

Place of DeathTokyo, Japan

Shintarō Abe (b. April 29, 1924, Tokyo, Japan - d. May 15, 1991, Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese politician. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs: November 27, 1982 until July 22, 1986.

Abe obtained a law degree from Tokyo University in 1949 and began his career as a political reporter for Mainichi Shimbun, a leading Japanese national daily newspaper. He became a politician in 1957, when he started working as a legislative aide of his father-in-law, the then-prime minister Nobusuke Kishi. Abe served as Minister of International Trade and Industry in the cabinet of the then-prime minister Zenko Suzuki from November 30, 1981 until November 27, 1982 prior to serving as foreign minister in the administration of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone from 1982 to 1986. In addition to serving as foreign minister and trade minister he had been secretary general of the party, the No. 2 position after prime minister. He was the father of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Dates in Office 1982 - 1986 Minister of Foreign Affairs
1981 - 1982 Minister of International Trade and Industry
1977 - 1978 Chief Cabinet Secretary
1974 - 1976 Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

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