2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election

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The 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election was the internal party contest in Japan that resulted in Fumio Kishida becoming leader of the LDP and subsequently prime minister.


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instanceOf event
political party leadership election
country Japan
electorate Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Diet members
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rank-and-file members
followedBy Fumio Kishida becoming Prime Minister of Japan
follows resignation of Yoshihide Suga as LDP president
hasParticipant Fumio Kishida
Sanae Takaichi
Seiko Noda
Taro Kono
language Japanese
location Tokyo
officeAssumedByWinner Prime Minister of Japan
organisedBy Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
outcome Fumio Kishida elected President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
partOf Japanese internal party leadership elections
positionContested President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
precededBy 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election
reasonForElection Yoshihide Suga announced he would not run for re-election as LDP president
resultedIn change of leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
formation of a new Japanese cabinet under Fumio Kishida
significance determined the Prime Minister of Japan due to LDP majority in the National Diet
winner Fumio Kishida
winnerParty Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

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2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election ("2021 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election")
nextElection
Fumio Kishida
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