Akie Abe

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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	Akihito Naruhito
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Hitomi Noda
Succeeded by	Mariko Suga
In role 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Monarch	Akihito
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Chieko Maki
Succeeded by	Kiyoko Fukuda
Personal details
Born	Akie Matsuzaki (1962-06-10) 10 June 1962 (age 62) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Spouse	Shinzo Abe ​ ​ (m. 1987; died 2022)​
Alma mater	Sacred Heart Professional Training College Rikkyo University
Occupation	Radio 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.