2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

2007 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
23 September 2007
 
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Candidate Yasuo Fukuda Tarō Asō
LDP MPs 254 132
Party members 76 65
Total 330 197
President before election

Shinzō Abe

 Elected President

Yasuo Fukuda

The 2007 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 23 September 2007 after the current party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe announced that he would resign on 12 September 2007.[1] Abe had only been elected to the role less than a year earlier.[2][3]

Yasuo Fukuda beat Tarō Asō in the election, receiving 330 votes against 197 votes for Asō.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Japan's ruling party decides date to pick Abe's successor", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), September 13, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Hospital said Abe "extremely weak"", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), September 13, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Abe in hospital after resignation", Al Jazeera, September 13, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Fukuda Chosen to Replace Abe as Japan's Prime Minister" Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, VOA News, September 23, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Fukuda wins LDP race / Will follow in footsteps of father as prime minister", The Daily Yomiuri, September 23, 2007.
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