Shintaro Abe

was a Japanese politician. He was a leading member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He was Foreign Minister from 1982 to 1986. He was the father of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the current Japanese Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi, and the son-in-law of former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
Abe was hospitalized in January 1991. He died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on May 15, 1991 at aged 67.