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Shinzō Abe

1954 - 2022

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Shinzo Abe ( SHIN-zoh AH-bay; Japanese: 安倍 晋三, Hepburn: Abe Shinzō, IPA: [abe ɕindzoː]; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as the prime minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, serving for almost nine years in total. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shinzō Abe has received more than 4,914,476 page views. His biography is available in 133 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 110 in 2019). Shinzō Abe is the 611th most popular politician (up from 1,626th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 60th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Politician.

Shinzo Abe is most famous for his economic policy known as "Abenomics," which involved a series of measures aimed at stimulating Japan's economy, including monetary easing, fiscal stimulus, and structural reforms. He also played a key role in strengthening Japan's military and foreign policy, particularly in the face of growing tensions with neighboring countries like North Korea and China.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 133

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shinzō Abe ranks 611 out of 19,576. Before him are Alija Izetbegović, Tolui, Epaminondas, Geronimo, Hong Taiji, and Sweyn Forkbeard. After him are Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Manuel I of Portugal, Władysław IV Vasa, Christian X of Denmark, Yongzheng Emperor, and Umberto I of Italy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Shinzō Abe ranks 8. Before him are Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Jackie Chan, François Hollande, Denzel Washington, John Travolta, and Hugo Chávez. After him are Alexander Lukashenko, Viktor Yushchenko, Halimah Yacob, James Cameron, Sócrates, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Among people deceased in 2022, Shinzō Abe ranks 8. Before him are Pelé, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pope Benedict XVI, Jiang Zemin, Jean-Luc Godard, and Vangelis. After him are Luc Montagnier, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Leonid Kravchuk, and Ayman al-Zawahiri.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinzō Abe ranks 22 out of 6,245. Before him are Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Yoko Ono (1933), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Osamu Dazai (1909), Murasaki Shikibu (973), and Emperor Jimmu (-711). After him are Koji Tanaka (1955), Osamu Tezuka (1928), Hideki Tojo (1884), Kanō Jigorō (1860), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), and Hattori Hanzō (1542).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shinzō Abe ranks 5. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Emperor Meiji (1852), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), and Emperor Jimmu (-711). After him are Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), and Takeda Shingen (1521).

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