Governor Iizumi, Tokushima Prefecture, elected as the new president of the National Governor's Association August 23, 13:19

Governor Iizumi of Tokushima Prefecture has been elected as the new president of the National Governor's Association.

Governor Ueda, who has served as the chairman since April last year, has retired from the governor's election without running for the governor election in Saitama, which will be voted on the 25th. We were accepting reports of the candidacy of the presidential election.

The application was closed at noon on the 23rd, and there was no report other than the governor Iizumi of Tokushima Prefecture, and Mr. Iizumi was elected without voting.

Mr. Iizumi is 59 years old. I am from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and won the first Tokushima governor's election in 2003.

Mr. Iizumi will be officially elected as the new president at the National Governors Meeting in Tokyo on the 3rd of next month, and his term will be two years.