Masatoshi Abe | |
Office: | Member of the House of Councillors |
Native Name: | 阿部 正俊 あべ まさとし |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1942 |
Birth Place: | Odashima Village, Kitamurayama, Yamagata, Empire of Japan |
Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Alma Mater: | Tohoku University |
Party: | Independent |
Otherparty: | Liberal Democratic Party |
Awards: | Order of the Rising Sun |
Constituency: | Yamagata |
Term Start: | 1995 |
Term End: | 2007 |
was a Japanese politician who was a member of the Diet of Japan. He served as Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs under the government of Junichiro Koizumi.[1]
Abe was a native of Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture and graduated from Tohoku University.
Abe died on 25 October 2020, at the age of 77.[2]