From Abe's "mouth" to "heir"... Who is Suga

Japanese Secretary of State Yoshihide Suga was elected as governor of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on the 14th and was effectively confirmed as the next Prime Minister, drawing attention to his actions.

Suga served as the Secretary of State for nearly eight years after the inauguration of the second Shinzo Abe regime in December 2012.

So, externally, the image of'the spokesman for the Japanese government' and'the mouth of the Abe regime' was strong.

Although regular interviews are held every day, it is characterized by being cautious and rarely responding to sensitive issues that fit the purpose of the question.

Mochizuki Isoko, the motive of the movie ``Newspaper Reporter,'' starring Shim Eun-kyung, was famous for not giving out a cool answer even though the Tokyo Newspaper reporter persistently asked 23 times about the suspicion of the Private School Foundation at an interview on June 8, 2017. Do it.

What he says very often at interviews is "I will refrain from comments (remarks and comments)."

The press conference for Suga's ``Defense Defense'' contributed to supporting the Abe regime in the midst of many suspicions.

A closer look, Suga played several roles in addition to a spokesman as Secretary of State, and before that, he was in charge of other agencies and left many colors as a politician.

Secretary of State is responsible for risk management in the absence of the Prime Minister, and plays a role in overseeing and coordinating major policies across each provincial office (central administrative agency).

It can be seen that this role of the Secretary of State also played a part in supporting Suga, emphasizing that the major LDP factions were in a crisis situation spread by Corona 19.

Suga himself said he would succeed Prime Minister Abe, and that he is a person who penetrates the policies of the Abe regime.

Another notable point is that Suga exerted a powerful influence on personnel affairs in the Abe regime.

In May 2014, the Abe administration established a Cabinet Personnel Bureau in the Cabinet Office, in charge of the personnel affairs of about 600 high-ranking officials at the level of deliberation officers or higher at each provincial office (central government agency).

It was aimed at overcoming the organizational egoism of each provincial office and utilizing human resources efficiently, but it resulted in increasing Suga's real power and expanding the influence of the official residence.

This is because the Secretary of State is in charge of screening the eligibility of personnel targets, preparing a list of candidates for executives, and having the Prime Minister consult with the Prime Minister.

The establishment of the Cabinet Personnel Bureau can be seen as one of the driving forces behind Suga's growth as the next prime minister.

was Suga was born on December 06, 1948, the Japanese Akita ogachi district Aki-no-miya Mura, Yuzawa City is currently in the administrative district of the eldest son of Suga and Saburo, Darth couple.

Suga has two older sisters and one younger brother.

Suga's father, Wasaburo, worked on the South Manchurian Railway during the war, and after being defeated in Manchuria, returned to Akita Prefecture and succeeded in farming.

He is regarded as one of the leading figures in the box office success of the local specialty ``Akinomiya Strawberry,'' such as organizing farms to create shipping organizations and opening sales channels in Tokyo and Osaka.

According to Kahoku Shinpo, a daily newspaper in the Tohoku region, Wasaburo served as a member of the Akinomiya Village assembly for 16 years (4th selection).

Suga's father is a wealthy farmer and seems to have been a local maintainer.

After graduating from high school, Suga went to Tokyo to get a job at a box factory in Tokyo, and later, while working hard at the Tsukiji market, she entered the Law School of Hosei University two years later than her classmates.

Suga explained the situation at that time on his homepage, saying that he chose the cheapest tuition as a private university at the time. "I continued working part-time even after enrolling, and also worked at various workplaces to earn tuition."

After graduating from university, Suga

, got a job at Genden Equipment Co., Ltd.

Afterwards, I was introduced by a senior member of the National Assembly from Hosei University, and in April 1975, I became the secretary of the House of Representatives by Hikosaburo Okonogi, and started to enter the world of politics in earnest.

After working as secretary to Okonogi for 11 years, he was elected city councilman in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture in April 1987, and started politics in his own name.

Suga recently appeared on various TV programs and recalled that he was elected without meeting the three conditions necessary for winning the election, such as ground (organization and support base), signboard (nomination), and bag (election fund). He stressed that he was a politician who grew up with all these hardships.

Former Liberal Democratic Party secretary Shigeru Ishiba, former Liberal Democratic Party chairman Shigeru Kishida, who was a rival in the governor's election, and Chairman Jeongjo of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kishida, inherited his father's vote and became a member of the National Assembly.

There is also something unique about faction politics.

Suga has joined the Takeshita group, Kishida group, and Goga group based on the current faction, but in September 2009, "the faction is an old constitution," and after withdrawing from the Goga group, they are staying as no faction.

However, there are about 30 members of the party called the Suga Group.

In this election for governor, 5 out of the 7 factions in the party decided the trend at the beginning, and the political structure of the faction was used to seize power.

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