菅义伟当选自民党总裁

Suga elected president of LDP

菅义伟当选自民党总裁

Yoshihide Suga, 71, became the 26th president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, winning 377 votes.

9月14日，71岁的菅义伟以377票当选日本执政党自民党的第26任总裁。

Suga is set to be elected as Japan's 99th president at an extraordinary Diet session on Wednesday.

他将在9月16日的国会特别会议上出任第99任日本首相。

His rivals, Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister, got 68 votes and Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, got 89.

另外两名候选人，前防务大臣石破茂和前外交大臣岸田文雄分别获得68票和89票。

Suga is virtually assured of becoming the next prime minister due to the LDP's dominance in both chambers of Japan's bicameral parliament.

由于自民党在国会两院中均占据绝对优势，因此菅义伟当选下一任首相已无悬念。

The election was triggered by Shinzo Abe's abrupt announcement late last month he was stepping down due to a recurrent health issue which also brought his first tenure as prime minister to an abrupt end in 2007.

上月底安倍晋三因旧疾复发突然宣布将辞去首相一职，因此自民党举行了这次党首选举。2007年，安倍也是因健康原因不得不突然结束了自己的第一任首相任期。

Suga, who has been one of Abe's closest confidants for almost eight years, has promised to continue Abe's economic policies and approach to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.

菅义伟曾任安倍亲密助手长达8年，他承诺将延续安倍的经济政策和应对新冠肺炎疫情的方法。