Tokyo: Japanese ruling party leader Yoshihide Suga was elected Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote on Wednesday. Yoshihide Suga was elected the new leader of the ruling party of Japan on Monday and thus cleared the way for him to become Prime Minister.
In an internal poll to elect a successor to ruling party Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Suga received 377 votes in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, while the other two contenders received 157 votes. Resigned from his post due to reasons. Suga, currently considered chief cabinet secretary and close to Abe, was believed to be victorious as the Liberal Democrats hold a majority in the ruling coalition.
Who is Suga
Born in Akita, Japan, Yoshihide Suga is the son of a farmer. Suga completed high school in Akita and then he is in Tokyo in higher education Tokyo. He did his graduation from Hosei University in Tokyo. According to media reports, he had to sell fish in the fish market to finance his graduation and he also worked in a cardboard factory. However, soon after graduation he started working for the parliamentary election campaign.
6 pairs of shoes were given by Suga in the beginning of their political career
According to reports, Suga previously contested for Yokohama City Council. He had no political connection nor experience of politics when Suga City Council fought. He used to go door-to-door campaigning for about 300 houses in a day. When the election campaign was over, he had gone to about 30,000 houses and according to his party, by the time the election was over, Suga had worn 6 pairs of shoes. Japanese political experts say that Suga is a self-made man.
Suga’s goal
However, an initial vote count of local representatives on Monday indicated that Suga had a huge lead over two other contenders, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. Suga said that his top priorities were to fight the Coronavirus and bring the economy affected by the epidemic back on track. He says that he is a reformist and has worked to achieve policies by breaking the regional barriers of bureaucracy.
