Japan set for first female prime minister as Sanae Takaichi wins party vote
Singapore: Sanae Takaichi, a conservative deputy, is preparing to become Japan’s first female prime minister after securing the presidency of the ruling liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
An experienced politician and former Minister of Economic Security Takaichi designed himself as Japan’s “iron ledi ve and claims that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is the hero.
The victory of a party on Saturday points to an important moment in which women’s lower house constitutes about 15 percent of the lower house for LDP and Japan’s political system in general.
Sanae Takaichi will be Japan’s first female prime minister.Credit: AP
For more than a century, he defeated the Minister of Agriculture Shinjiro Koizumi, a 44 -year -old political scion competing to become the youngest leader in Japan, that is, the party race had to give a historical result in both ways.
As a leader, 64 -year -old Takaichi faces a monumental mission that resurrects a party in the crisis due to a stagnant economy and voter reaction on increasing prices. Last year, LDP, which ruled Japan’s post -war history, lost its majority in both Parliamentary Assembly and forced it to work with opposition parties to secure its agenda.
It will also face the difficulty of dealing with an unpredictable Trump administration and a US trade agreement that requires Japan to invest 550 billion dollars in the American economy.
In his speech on Saturday, Takaichi said in his speech that he said that hard sounds from all over the country said that we don’t know what LDP meant. ”
“This sense of urgency continued me. I wanted to turn the worries about people’s daily lives and future.
Shigeru Ishiba, who resigned after a year after a year, is expected to be successful as the prime minister. In the past, Victor, who won the presidency of LDP, guaranteed the prime minister, but he must seek the support of opposition deputies without a majority in the national parliament.
