Shinzo Abe: A once and future premier for Japan
- Published: 16 Dec 2012 at 22.46
- Online news: Asia
Shinzo Abe, whose Liberal Democratic Party stormed to victory in Sunday's election, returns to the premiership as a hawk with strident views on Japan's place in the world.
Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party president Shinzo Abe (R) and secretary general Shigeru Ishiba attach rosettes next to winningl general election candidate names at the party headquarters in Tokyo on December 16, 2012. Abe, whose Liberal Democratic Party stormed to victory in Sunday's election, returns to the premiership as a hawk with strident views on Japan's place in the world.
He was the country's youngest ever prime minister when he stepped into the role in 2006, aged 52, and the first one to be born after World War II, but left office abruptly citing illness after an election loss.
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