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

| otherparty =

| 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.[http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/hq/profile/abe.html Profile at Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

Abe was a native of Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture and graduated from Tohoku University.

Abe died on 25 October 2020, at the age of 77.[https://www.47news.jp/amp/5420251.html 元参院議員の阿部正俊氏死去] {{in lang|ja}}