President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

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The President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) is the leader of Japan’s dominant conservative political party and typically serves as the country’s prime minister when the party holds a majority in the National Diet.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position
political office
appliesToPoliticalParty Liberal Democratic Party
surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
associatedWithIdeology Japanese conservatism
economic liberalism
pro-U.S. security policy
canBeReelected yes
country Japan
electorateIncludes LDP Members of Parliament
LDP prefectural chapter representatives
rank-and-file LDP party members
hasDeputyOffice Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
hasSupportingOffice LDP Policy Research Council Chair
surface form: LDP General Council Chair

LDP Policy Research Council Chair
Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
headquartersLocationOfParty Tokyo
influences Japan’s defense and security policy
Japan’s domestic policy agenda
Japan’s foreign policy direction
isKeyPositionIn Japanese party politics
formation of Japanese cabinets
jurisdiction Liberal Democratic Party
surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
languageOfWork Japanese
legislativeBodyInvolved National Diet
surface form: National Diet of Japan
lowerHouseInvolved House of Representatives of Japan
nativeLabel 自由民主党総裁
nativeLabelLanguage Japanese
officeHoldersOftenLead LDP parliamentary caucus
officeHoldersOftenServeAs head of government of Japan
partyColorAssociated LDP light blue
politicalAlignment centre-right
conservative
responsibleFor approval of key party appointments
leading national election campaigns for the LDP
overall party leadership
party strategy in the National Diet
selection of cabinet members when in government
selectionMethod party leadership election
shortName LDP President
termLength four years
termRenewable yes
typicallyAlsoHoldsOffice Prime Minister of Japan
typicalPowerBase LDP factions
upperHouseInvolved House of Councillors
surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
usuallyHeldBy LDP Diet member from the House of Representatives
member of the National Diet

Referenced by (3)

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2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election electedOffice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election positionContested President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Yoshirō Mori (as Prime Minister of Japan) positionHeld President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
subject surface form: Yoshirō Mori