2024.02.04 23:09Nation

安倍洋子さん死去、９５歳　晋三氏母「政界のゴッドマザー」

　安倍晋三元首相の母、安倍洋子（あべ・ようこ）さんが４日、死去した。９５歳だった。東京都出身。
　１９２８年６月、岸信介元首相の長女として生まれた。５１年に毎日新聞記者だった安倍晋太郎氏（後の衆院議員、元外相）と結婚し、次男晋三氏を含む３人の子をもうけた。晋太郎氏の死去後は選挙区を継いだ晋三氏の政治活動を支えた。三男の信夫氏は岸家の養子となり、防衛相を務めた。
　名門政治一家を長年支え「政界のゴッドマザー」と呼ばれた。佐藤栄作元首相は叔父。長男寛信氏は三菱商事パッケージング社長を務めた。（2024/02/04-23:09）

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2024.02.04 23:09Nation

Yoko Abe, Known as "God Mother" of Political World, Dies at 95

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Yoko Abe, mother of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and dubbed "God Mother" of the political world, died on Sunday. She was 95.
   Yoko was born in Tokyo in June 1928 as the first daughter of former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
   In 1951, she married then Mainichi Shimbun reporter Shintaro Abe, who later became a lawmaker of the House of Representatives and then served as foreign minister.
   She had three children, including second son Shinzo.
   After the death of Shintaro, Yoko supported political activities of Shinzo, who inherited his father's Lower House constituency.