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former japanese prime minister yoshihide suga is scheduled to be appointed vice president of the liberal democratic party

2024-09-29

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according to reports from the japan broadcasting association (nhk) and kyodo news on september 29, japan’s liberal democratic party president shigeru ishiba plans to appoint the 75-year-old former prime minister yoshihide suga as the vice president of the liberal democratic party. yoshihide suga has expressed his agreement.

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yoshihide suga became the 99th prime minister of japan in september 2020. in october 2021, the entire cabinet of yoshihide suga resigned. he has been in power for more than a year.

yoshihide suga had previously given strong support to shinjiro koizumi’s candidacy as president of the liberal democratic party, but reports said that he voted for shigeru ishiba in the second round of the election.

report analysis believes that shigeru ishiba appointed yoshihide suga, who has rich political experience, as vice president of the liberal democratic party in order to stabilize the foundation within the party.

in addition, shigeru ishiba said on the 29th that he would dissolve the house of representatives and hold a general election as soon as possible after taking office as prime minister, and would not rule out the possibility of holding it in october.shigeru ishibahe was elected president of the liberal democratic party on the 27th and is expected to be elected prime minister at the extraordinary parliament on october 1.

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