is a Japanese politician, who has been serving as chairman of National Public Safety Commission in

Shinzō Abe Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍晋三, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 20 ...

's cabinet since August 2007. He is a member of Liberal Democratic Party and member of the

House of Councillors The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, ...

in the

Diet of Japan The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a paralle ...

(parliament). Born in former town of

Yoshii, Fukuoka was a town located in Ukiha District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 17,223 and a density of 608.80 persons per km². The total area was 28.29 km². On March 20, 2005, Yoshii, along with the former ...

, he graduated from

Kyushu University , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu. It was the 4th Imperial University in Japan, ranked as 4th in 2020 Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings, one of the top 10 Design ...

with a degree in engineering. He was elected for the first time in 1992.

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Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Living people 1937 births Kyushu University alumni Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians {{Japan-politician-1930s-stub