Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2006

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A leadership election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 20 September 2006 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced his intention to resign, a year after he led the party to victory in a snap election. Shinzo Abe won the election,^[1] (only to resign a year later triggering another leadership election). His chief competitors for the position were Sadakazu Tanigaki and Taro Aso. Yasuo Fukuda was a leading early contender, but ultimately chose not to run. Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, to whose faction both Abe and Fukuda belonged, stated that the faction strongly leant toward Abe.^[2] Abe was subsequently elected Prime Minister with 339 of 475 votes in the Diet's lower house and a firm majority in the upper house.^[3]

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1. ^ Shinzo Abe to Succeed Koizumi as Japan's Next Prime Minister Bloomberg
2. ^ Mori faction unease mounts / Ex-premier stumped over Abe, Fukuda and party leadership race Daily Yomiuri
3. ^ Abe elected as new Japan premier, BBC News. Accessed 26 September 2006.