A leadership election was held in the
Liberal Democratic Party of
Japan on 20 September 2006 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi announced his intention to resign, a year after he led the party to victory in a
snap election.
Shinzō Abe won the election,[1] (only to resign a year later triggering
another leadership election). His chief competitors for the position were
Sadakazu Tanigaki and
Taro Aso.
Yasuo Fukuda was a leading early contender, but ultimately chose not to run. Former Prime Minister
Yoshirō Mori, to whose faction both Abe and Fukuda belonged, stated that the faction strongly leant toward Abe.[2] Abe was subsequently elected Prime Minister with 339 of 475 votes in the Diet's
lower house and a majority in the
upper house.[3]
A leadership election was held in the
Liberal Democratic Party of
Japan on 20 September 2006 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi announced his intention to resign, a year after he led the party to victory in a
snap election.
Shinzō Abe won the election,[1] (only to resign a year later triggering
another leadership election). His chief competitors for the position were
Sadakazu Tanigaki and
Taro Aso.
Yasuo Fukuda was a leading early contender, but ultimately chose not to run. Former Prime Minister
Yoshirō Mori, to whose faction both Abe and Fukuda belonged, stated that the faction strongly leant toward Abe.[2] Abe was subsequently elected Prime Minister with 339 of 475 votes in the Diet's
lower house and a majority in the
upper house.[3]