The Liberal Democratic Party has officially decided to appoint Foreign Minister Mogi to replace Secretary General Amari, who was defeated in the small constituency of the House of Representatives election and indicated his intention to resign.
Secretary General Amari of the Liberal Democratic Party informed Prime Minister Kishida of his intention to resign after being defeated in the 13th ward of Kanagawa, which he ran for in the House of Representatives election, and Prime Minister Kishida decided to appoint Foreign Minister Mogi as the successor secretary general. I did.
In response to this, the Liberal Democratic Party held an extraordinary general affairs meeting from 11:00 am and officially decided on Mr. Mogi's personnel case.
Mr. Mogi is 66 years old after winning 10 times in the 5th district of Tochigi, the House of Representatives.
He has served as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and other ministers, chairman of the party's political investigation, and chairman of the election measures committee, and has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs since September.
He is also acting chairman of the Takeshita faction of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Along with this, Mr. Mogi will soon resign as Foreign Minister, but Prime Minister Kishida will also serve as Foreign Minister until the second Kishida Cabinet is inaugurated next week. Clarified.
Mr. Mogi will hold a press conference on the afternoon of the 4th.