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Nationality  Japanese
Role  Japanese Politician
Occupation  Politician
Education  University of Tokyo
Years active  1928 to 1946
Children  Shintaro Abe
Name  Kan Abe

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Born  April 29, 1894Nagato, Empire of Japan
Spouse(s)  Shizuko Hondo (divorced later)
Relatives  Shintaro Abe (son)Shinzo Abe (grandson)
Died  January 30, 1946, Tokyo, Japan
Grandchildren  Shinzo Abe, Nobuo Kishi, Hironobu Abe
Similar People  Shinzo Abe, Shintaro Abe, Nobuo Kishi

Kan Abe (安倍 寛, Abe Kan, April 29, 1894 – January 30, 1946) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946. He is the father of former Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe and the grandfather of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.

Born into a family of brewers of soy sauce and sake who were landlords in the area of Heki (now part of the city of Nagato) in Yamaguchi Prefecture, he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, the predecessor of the University of Tokyo.

Abe stood as a Seiyūkai Party candidate in the February 1928 general election but lost; he was appointed village mayor of Heki in 1933 and later served in the Yamaguchi prefectural assembly. He was elected to the House of Representatives as an independent candidate in the February 1937 general election. He earned the nickname "New Shōin" or "Shōwa Shōin" in honor of the earlier leader from Yamaguchi, Yoshida Shōin.

In the 1942 general election, he ran on a platform opposing the militarist government under Hideki Tojo, which had by this time taken away most powers from the Diet. The Tojo cabinet had attempted to block antiwar candidates from running through a registration system, notwithstanding which Abe won a Diet seat, which he used for an attempt to oust Tojo and end World War II. Abe was assisted in this effort by Takeo Miki, who became prime minister after the war.

Abe died in January 1946 while preparing to run in the first postwar general election.

References

Kan Abe Wikipedia