菅义伟当选自民党总裁

菅义伟当选自民党总裁  

Suga elected president of LDP
Yoshihide Suga
71
became the 26th president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday
winning 377 votes.
Suga is set to be elected as Japan's 99th president at an extraordinary Diet session on Wednesday.
他将在9月16日的国会特别会议上出任第99任日本首相。
His rivals
Shigeru Ishiba
a former defense minister
got 68 votes and Fumio Kishida
a former foreign minister
got 89.
Suga is virtually assured of being the next prime minister due to the LDP's dominance in both chambers of Japan's bicameral parliament.
The election was triggered by Shinzo Abe's abrupt announcement late last month he was stepping down due to a recurrent health issue which also brought his first tenure as prime minister to an abrupt end in 2007.
Suga
who has been one of Abe's closest confidants for almost eight years
has promised to continue Abe's economic policies and approach to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.