Taro Aso Elected President of LDP
Taro Aso, 68, secretary-general of the LDP, was elected president of his party in an intra-party election today.
He is poised to succeed Yasuo Fukuda as prime minister on Wednesday when the LDP-controlled lower house of parliament makes its choice.
The LDP presidential election involved five candidates, and Aso coasted to victory on 351 of the 527 available votes. In second was incumbent Fiscal Policy Minister, Kaoru Yosano, with 66 votes. Third was Yuriko Koike, a former Defense Minister, with 46 votes. Nobuteru Ishihara, the former LDP policy chief, grabbed 37 votes, and bringing up the rear was another former Defense Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, with only 25 votes.
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