China News Service, September 10, Japan Kyodo News Agency reported that Japan’s administrative reform minister Taro Kono (58 years old) held a press conference in the Diet on the 10th and officially announced that he would run for the president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
The data picture is Kono Taro.
According to reports, Kono is the third person to announce his career after the former head of the investigation committee Fumio Kishida (64 years old) and the former chief minister Sanae (60 years old).
According to reports, the party president election will be announced on the 17th, and votes will be counted on the 29th.
The battle for the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga may be in full swing.
Recently, the first "popularity ranking list" released shows that Kono Taro is currently the most popular, followed by former secretary general Ishige, and Kishida Fumio ranked third.
In addition, Japanese media reported that Kono Taro has been designated as his successor by Yoshihide Suga.
Kono comes from the 15th constituency of Kanagawa in the House of Representatives and has been elected as a member of Parliament 8 times.
It belongs to the Aso faction, the second largest faction in the party.
Served as Chairman of the National Public Security Committee, Foreign Minister and Minister of Defense.
Kono has the support of many young parliamentarians, and his high popularity may help the Liberal Democratic Party to retain seats in the parliamentary elections.