Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2018

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Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, 2018
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Candidate Shinzō Abe Shigeru Ishiba
LDP  MPs 32973
Party members224181
Total553254
President before election

Shinzō Abe

Elected President

Shinzō Abe

A leadership election was held on 20 September 2018 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a new 3-year term. Incumbent president Shinzō Abe was running for re-election after a rule change in 2017 that allowed him to run for a third term. [1]

Shinzō Abe 57th Prime Minister of Japan

Shinzō Abe is a Japanese politician serving as Prime Minister of Japan and Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2012. He previously served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007 and Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2005 to 2006. In 2019, Abe succeeded Shigeru Yoshida as the second-longest serving Prime Minister in post-war Japan and the fourth-longest serving PM in Japanese history.

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Abe's victory effectively hands him three more years as prime minister, giving him the chance of breaking the record for the nation's longest-serving prime ministership held by Taro Katsura, a revered politician who served three times between 1901 and 1913.

If Abe stays in office through 21 November 2019, he will have exceeded the 2,886 days marked by Katsura. [2]

Background

Scandals

In March 2018, it was revealed that the Finance Ministry (with finance minister Tarō Asō at its head) had falsified documents presented to the parliament in relation to the Moritomo Gakuen scandal, to remove 14 passages implicating Abe. [3] It has been suggested that the scandal could cost Abe his seat as the Liberal Democratic Party's leader. [3] A Kyodo poll showed the Japanese government popularity's has fallen as low as 30% from 44% in February. [4]

Tarō Asō 92nd Prime Minister of Japan

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Moritomo Gakuen

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Candidates

Nominated

Prime Minister of Japan Head of government of Japan

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Nobusuke Kishi 56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan

Nobusuke Kishi was a Japanese politician and the 56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan from 25 February 1957 to 12 June 1958, and from then to 19 July 1960. He is the maternal grandfather of Shinzō Abe, twice prime minister in 2006–2007 and 2012–present.

Shigeru Ishiba Japanese politician

Shigeru Ishiba is a Japanese politician. Ishiba is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and of Heisei-Kenkyukai until 2011. He was Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2008 and was also Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The LDP lost government in 2009, and in 2012 after challenging for the presidency of the LDP and losing to Shinzō Abe he accepted the position of Secretary-General of the LDP on 27 September 2012. Since 3 September 2014 he has served in cabinet as minister overseeing regional economic revitalization and policies aimed at reversing population decline.

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Expressed intention but did not have enough votes for nomination

Speculative

Declined

Results

MPsParty membersTotal points
Shinzō Abe 329(82%)355,487(55.4%, 224 pts)553(68.5%)
Shigeru Ishiba 73 (18%)286,003 (44.6%, 181 pts)254 (31.5%)
Total402641,490 (405 pts)807

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References

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  2. ↑ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/japan-shinzo-abe-wins-ruling-party-leadership-vote-180920053102178.html
  3. 1 2 https://www.ft.com/content/44bc98c0-25be-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0
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