His father was tipped to be the prime minister in the late 1980s until the Recruit scandal exposed the insider trading rampant among top members of the Liberal Democratic Party.
His great-uncle won the Nobel Peace Prize. His grandfather served as prime minister and signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation with the United States, an act that in 1960 provoked massive protests but still remains in force today. His father was tipped to be the prime minister in the late 1980s until the Recruit scandal exposed the insider trading rampant among top members of the Liberal Democratic Party. In 2006, he became his country's youngest prime minister since World War II but lasted only a year. FTP, name this right-wing politician who in December 2012 returned to power as Japan's Prime Minister.
His great-uncle won the Nobel Peace Prize. His grandfather served as prime minister and signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation with the United States, an act that in 1960 provoked massive protests but still remains in force today.
Shinzo Abe