Former prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe has been passed away, after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election in Nara. He was the longest-serving prime minister of Japan, who held office in 2006 for one year and again from 2012 to 2020.
In 2020, he resigned from the PM post due to the debilitating bowel condition ulcerative colitis. He was the first Japanese PM to be chief guest at India’s Republic Day parade in 2014.
Japan PM: Fumio Kishida
