Akie Abe

Akie Abe (安倍 昭恵, Abe Akie; née Matsuzaki; born 10 June 1962) is a Japanese radio DJ. She is the widow of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. This means, she was the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan twice from 2006 until 2007 and again from 2012 until 2020.

Akie Abe
安倍昭恵
Abe in 2019
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan
In office 26 December 2012 – 16 September 2020
Monarch	Akihito Naruhito
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Hitomi Noda
Succeeded by	Mariko Suga
In office 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Monarch	Akihito
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Chieko Maki (as wife of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori)
Succeeded by	Kiyoko Fukuda
Personal details
Born	Akie Matsuzaki (松崎昭恵) (1962-06-10) 10 June 1962 Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
Spouse(s)	Shinzō Abe ​ ​ (m. 1987; his death 2022)​
Mother	Emiko Matsuzaki
Father	Akio Matsuzaki
Relatives	Nobusuke Kishi (grandfather-in-law) Shintaro Abe (father-in-law) Nobuo Kishi (brother-in-law)
Alma mater	Sacred Heart Professional Training College Rikkyo University
Occupation	Radio DJ

Abe was the first spouse of a Japanese prime minister to actively use social media, and was active on Facebook and Instagram.

She married Abe in 1987. They were married until Shinzo Abe's assassination in 2022.