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Yoshihide Suga
菅 義偉
Official portrait, 2020
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021
Monarch
Naruhito
Deputy
Tarō Asō
Preceded by
Shinzo Abe
Succeeded by
Fumio Kishida
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office 14 September 2020 – 29 September 2021
Secretary-General
Toshihiro Nikai
Preceded by
Shinzo Abe
Succeeded by
Fumio Kishida
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office 26 December 2012 – 16 September 2020
Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe
Preceded by
Osamu Fujimura
Succeeded by
Katsunobu Katō
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
In office 26 September 2006 – 27 August 2007
Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe
Preceded by
Heizō Takenaka
Succeeded by
Hiroya Masuda
Member of the House of Representatives from Kanagawa
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 1996
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Born
(1948-12-06) 6 December 1948 (age 75) Yuzawa, Japan
Political party
Liberal Democratic
Spouse
Mariko Suga
Children
3
Alma mater
Hosei University (LLB)
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Yoshihide Suga (菅 義偉, Suga Yoshihide, born 6 December 1948) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2020 to 2021. He had served as Chief Cabinet Secretary during the second administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012 to 2020. During Abe's first administration, Suga served as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from 2006 to 2007.
Born to a family of strawberry farmers in rural Akita Prefecture during the Allied occupation of Japan, Suga moved to Tokyo after graduating from high school, where he enrolled in Hosei University.[1] Shortly after graduating with a Bachelor of Laws, Suga became an aide to Representative Hikosaburo Okonogi in 1975, before entering politics himself when he was elected to the Yokohama Municipal Assembly in 1987.[2] In the 1996 election, Suga was elected to the House of Representatives, representing Kanagawa's 2nd district as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
During his time in the Diet, Suga became a close ally of Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe. When Abe first became prime minister in 2006, he appointed Suga to the Cabinet as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Suga left the Cabinet a year later, but after the LDP won the 2012 election, Suga was appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary, a role he would hold throughout Abe's second term as prime minister.[3] This made him the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history. In September 2020, after Abe announced that he would resign due to health concerns, Suga declared his candidacy in the subsequent LDP leadership election. Widely considered the frontrunner, Suga comfortably won the election on 14 September with 70% of the vote. Two days later, he was formally elected prime minister by the Diet and appointed by Emperor Naruhito, making him the first new Prime Minister of the Reiwa era.[4]
After his election as LDP leader, Suga stated that his premiership would focus on continuing the economic policies and goals of the Abe administration, including adding a new clause to Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution legitimizing the existence of Japan Self-Defense Forces, and securing the release of Japanese abductees from North Korea.[5][6] Suga's premiership focused primarily on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, including overseeing the rollout of vaccines in the country. Suga's time in office also saw the holding of the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo and the announcement of a plan for Japan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.[7]
While Suga began his time in office relatively popular, his approval ratings quickly fell due to public dissatisfaction with the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and management of the delayed Olympic Games. By the end of Suga's premiership, he was recording some of the lowest approval ratings in Japanese history.[8] Facing hesitancy from his party amid preparation for the 2021 LDP leadership election and upcoming 2021 general election, Suga announced on 3 September 2021 that because of the dissatisfaction shown from members of the Liberal Democratic Party he would resign as President of his party which would become effective on 30 September 2021. His tenure officially ended on 4 October 2021 after he was succeeded by Fumio Kishida.[9][10]
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^"Suga to pledge 46% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2030". The Asahi Shimbun. 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^"Japan's Prime Minister to Step Aside After Just a Year in Office". The New York Times. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^"Japan PM Suga says won't run in ruling party leadership race-NHK". Reuters. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^"Fumio Kishida: Japan's new prime minister takes office". BBC News. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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