2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election

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internal party election political party leadership election

The 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election was an internal party contest in which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe secured another term as LDP president, effectively extending his tenure as Japan’s leader.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internal party election → political party leadership election →
alsoKnownAs	2018 LDP leadership election →
candidate	Shigeru Ishiba → Shinzo Abe →
context	Abe’s bid for a third consecutive term as LDP president →
country	Japan →
electedOffice	President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) →
incumbentBeforeElection	Shinzo Abe →
languageOfCampaignMaterials	Japanese →
mainIssue	constitutional revision debate → continuation of Abenomics economic policies →
mainOpponent	Shigeru Ishiba →
mainOpponentOf	Shinzo Abe →
nextElection	2021 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election →
officeContestedHeldBy	Prime Minister of Japan (through LDP majority in the Diet) →
officeholderAfterElection	Shinzo Abe →
organisedBy	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) →
partOf	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential elections →
politicalPartyOfWinner	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) →
previousElection	2015 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election →
resultedIn	Shinzo Abe re-elected as LDP president → extension of Shinzo Abe’s tenure as Prime Minister of Japan →
significance	secured Abe’s position as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister →
tookPlaceIn	Tokyo →
tookPlaceOn	2018-09-20 →
typeOfVoters	LDP Diet members → rank-and-file LDP party members →
votingSystem	two-round vote of LDP Diet members and party members →
winner	Shinzo Abe →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election ("2018 LDP leadership election") →	alsoKnownAs
2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election ("Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential elections") →	partOf
2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election →	precededBy