Claim: Shinzō Abe, a member of the LDP, became the Prime Minister of Japan in 2006 and served four terms.
Evidence: Shinzo Abe (安倍 晋三, Abe Shinzō [abe ɕin(d)zoː; born 21 September 1954) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to September 2020. On 26 September 2006, Abe was inaugurated as Japanese Prime Minister. On 26 December 2012, Abe was formally elected as prime minister by the Diet, with the support of 328 out of 480 members of the House of Representatives. On 24 December 2014 Abe was re-elected to the position of Prime Minister by the House of Representatives. On 20 September 2018, Abe was re-elected as leader of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party.