Shinzo Abe Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Shinzo Abe, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Japan.

4 records2020–20203 events1 places

Chronological biography

2020

COVID-1916 January 2020

Government / Government of Japan · Prime Minister · Tokyo

Japan confirms its first COVID-19 case.

COVID-1924 March 2020

Government / Government of Japan · Prime Minister · Tokyo

Agrees with Olympic officials to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of COVID-19.

Tokyo Olympics Postponed24 March 2020

Government / Government of Japan · Prime Minister · Tokyo

Agrees with Olympic officials to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of COVID-19.

Resignation of Shinzo Abe28 August 2020

Government / Government of Japan · Prime Minister · Tokyo

Announces resignation as Prime Minister because of ill health.

Titles and roles

Prime Minister

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.