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Born: 6 December 1948 · Age: 77
Yoshihide Suga is 77 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 6 December 1948.
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister
Did you know?He earned the nickname Uncle Reiwa after he publicly unveiled the name of the country’s new imperial era in 2019.
Yoshihide Suga rose without the family connections common in Japanese politics. He worked his way up from local politics in Yokohama. He became Shinzo Abe's trusted right-hand man. His announcement of the Reiwa era name made him a household face. As Prime Minister he faced the pandemic and an Olympics delayed by a year. Public frustration with the vaccine rollout hurt his support. He stepped down after only a year in office.
Yoshihide Suga (菅 義偉, Suga Yoshihide; born 6 December 1948) is a Japanese former politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021.
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Japanese politician, born 1948
Yoshihide Suga was born in Akinomiya on 6 December 1948.
He was Chief Cabinet Secretary under Shinzo Abe.
He announced the new era name Reiwa in 2019.
He was Prime Minister from 2020 to 2021.
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Did you know?He was the son of a strawberry farmer from rural Akita.
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