Akie Abe

Akie Abe
安倍 昭恵
Akie Abe in 2019
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan
In role
26 December 2012 – 16 September 2020
Monarchs
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byHitomi Noda
Succeeded byMariko Suga
In role
26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Monarch
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byChieko Maki
Succeeded byKiyoko Fukuda
Personal details
Born
Akie Matsuzaki

(1962-06-10) 10 June 1962 (age 62)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Spouse
(m. 1987; died 2022)
Alma mater
OccupationRadio DJ

Akie Abe (安倍 昭恵, Abe Akie; née Matsuzaki; born 10 June 1962) is a Japanese radio DJ and the widow of Shinzo Abe, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.