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The president of the Liberal Democratic Party (自由民主党総裁, Jiyū-Minshutō Sōsai) is the highest position within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party.The current holder of the position is Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, who was elected to the position on 27 September 2024, following his victory in the party's presidential election.
The Liberal Democratic Party (自由民主党, Jiyū-Minshutō), frequently abbreviated to LDP or Jimintō (自民党), is a major conservative [15] and nationalist [16] political party in Japan. Since its foundation in 1955, the LDP has been in power almost continuously—a period called the 1955 System —except between 1993 and 1994, and ...
Kishida announcing that he will not seek re-election as President of the party, 14 August 2024. On 14 August, Fumio Kishida announced that he would not seek a second term as President of the Liberal Democratic Party. [59] This effectively made the race an "open field" for new candidates. [60]
Shigeru Ishiba (Japanese: 石破 茂; born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician serving as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2024.
The 2021 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 29 September 2021 to elect the next President of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and Prime Minister of Japan. Fumio Kishida was elected to lead the party and assumed the premiership on 4 October. He led the party into the 2021 Japanese general election. [1]
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The vice president is considered to be a mostly ceremonial role, [2] and has been called by The Japan Times as an effectively being a "pre-retirement job for elder statesmen". [3] The current vice president is former Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide, appointed on 1 October 2024.
As the Liberal Democratic Party controlled a majority in the National Diet as a member of the governing coalition, Suga successfully succeeded Abe as Prime Minister of Japan on 16 September 2020. His principal rival, Fumio Kishida , later succeeded him as prime minister after Suga's resignation in October 2021 .