2006 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

The 2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 20 September 2006 after the current party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi announced his plans to resign, a year after he led the party to landslide victory in the 2005 snap general election.

Shinzo Abe won the election.Shinzō Abe to Succeed Koizumi as Japan's Next Prime Minister Bloomberg However he resigned a year later, causing the another leadership election for the next year. The other candidates were Sadakazu Tanigaki and Tarō Asō. Yasuo Fukuda was originally the frontrunner, but he chose not to run.Mori faction unease mounts / Ex-premier stumped over Abe, Fukuda and party leadership race Daily Yomiuri

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