Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has won a new term as president of
the ruling Liberal Democratic Party after facing no opposition for the
job.
The party named Shinzo Abe president after no other lawmakers filed
applications to run against him in an election that had been set for
September 20. Candidates had to gain support from 20 other lawmakers in
the party to run.
Shinzo Abe’s current, three-year term as LDP president ends on September 30. His new term will run until September 30, 2018.
Shinzo Abe is on course to become Japan’s longest-serving prime minister in more than four decades after standing unopposed in his ruling party’s leadership election.
Shinzo Abe is on course to become Japan’s longest-serving prime minister in more than four decades after standing unopposed in his ruling party’s leadership election.
Shinzo Abe’s re-selection Tuesday as president of the Liberal Democratic
Party comes as protests flare over unpopular legislation to expand the
role of the Japanese military. Abe isn’t required to hold a general
election for another three years.
If he stays in office until 2018, he
would become the third-longest serving prime minister since WWII
The longest-serving was his great-uncle Eisaku Sato, who stayed in
office for a total of more than seven years until 1972. Shigeru Yoshida
is close behind, also serving just over seven years in the 1940s and
1950s.
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