Japanese Prime Minister Office

Message of congratulations from the prime minister on the awarding of the nobel peace prize to the world food programme wfp october 10 2020 address by the prime minister at the 75th session of the un general assembly september 26 2020.

Japanese prime minister office. Yoshihide suga is poised to become japan s prime minister after he was comfortably elected to lead the ruling party following the resignation of shinzo abe. The old kantei was then converted into the official residence or kōtei 公邸. Japan s parliament formally elected ruling party stalwart yoshihide suga the 71 year old son of a strawberry farmer to be the country s first new prime minister in almost eight years. Located near the diet building the office of the prime minister of japan is called the kantei 官邸 the original kantei served from 1929 until 2002 when a new building was inaugurated to serve as the current kantei.

The prime minister of japan is the chief of the executive of the government of japan and leader of the cabinet of japan this is a list of prime ministers of japan including those of the empire of japan from when the first japanese prime minister in the modern sense itō hirobumi took office in 1885 until the present day the office is currently held by yoshihide suga. He is the longest serving prime minister in japanese history. Born 21 september 1954 is a japanese politician who served as prime minister of japan and president of the liberal democratic party ldp from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. The kōtei lies to the southwest of the kantei and is linked by a walkway.

Statement of the prime minister september 16 2020. Abe also served as chief cabinet secretary from 2005 to 2006 and was briefly leader of the. The former residence is now known as the sōri kōtei 総理公邸 the official prime minister s residential quarters. File photo taken in may 2014 shows japanese chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga r posing for a photo with prime minister shinzo abe 2nd from r and other government officials during a ceremony to mark the formation of the cabinet bureau of personnel affairs at the cabinet office.

Yoshihide suga has been elected japan s new prime minister following a vote in the country s parliament on wednesday confirming the former cardboard factory worker and farmer s son as leader of. Speeches and statements by the prime minister. 179 022 likes 6 546 talking about this. Shinzo abe 安倍 晋三 abe shinzō abe ɕin d zoː.

Prime minister s office of japan.