Ishiba announces new leadership lineup ahead of general election

LDP policy chief Itsunori Onodera, Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama, Vice President Yoshihide Suga, Shunichi Suzuki, chairman of the general affairs council, and Shinjiro Koizumi, chairman of the election committee, at the party's headquarters on Monday | JIJI

by GABRIELE NINIVAGGI
September 30, 2024

Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba announced his party leadership lineup Monday, entrusting veterans with key positions as he struggles to unite a deeply divided party.

The new lineup will lead the party into a general election set for Oct. 27.

“I’ll do my utmost to make Japan a place where people can be happy again, while speaking the truth and believing in the people," Ishiba said at a meeting of the party's general affairs committee on Monday afternoon.