Masatoshi Abe

{{Short description|Japanese politician (1942-2020)}} {{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|阿部正俊|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Masatoshi Abe | native_name = {{nobold|阿部正俊}} | native_name_lang = ja | image = Masatoshi Abe (2003).jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Official portrait, 2003 | office = Member of the House of Councillors | constituency = Yamagata at-large | term_start = 23 July 1995 | term_end = 28 July 2007 | predecessor = Yasumatsu Hoshikawa | successor = Yasue Funayama | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|11|04|df=y}} | birth_place = Kitamurayama, Yamagata, Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|25|1942|11|04|df=y}} | death_place = Tokyo, Japan | alma_mater = Tohoku University | party = Liberal Democratic | other_party = | awards = Order of the Rising Sun }} {{nihongo|'''Masatoshi Abe'''|阿部正俊|Abe Masatoshi|extra=4 November 1942 – 25 October 2020}} was a Japanese politician who was a member of the Diet of Japan. He served as Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs under the government of Junichiro Koizumi.<ref name="mofa">[http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/hq/profile/abe.html Profile at Ministry of Foreign Affairs]</ref>

Abe was a native of Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture and graduated from Tohoku University.<ref name="mofa" />

Abe died on 25 October 2020, at the age of 77.<ref>[https://www.47news.jp/amp/5420251.html 元参院議員の阿部正俊氏死去] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029061259/https://www.47news.jp/amp/5420251.html |date=2020-10-29 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref>

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