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Yoshihide Suga (菅 義偉, Suga Yoshihide, born 6 December 1948) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2020 to 2021. He had served as Chief Cabinet Secretary during the second administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012 to 2020.
Sep 3, 2021 · Yoshihide Suga is bowing out as prime minister of Japan, amid increasing anger over his government’s handling of COVID-19 in the wake of the Tokyo Olympics. He announced Friday that he...
Japan's prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, has said he will not run for re-election as party leader this month, signalling the end of his tenure.
Sep 16, 2020 · Born in 1948 to a family of strawberry farmers, Yoshihide Suga's steady rise to the top sets him apart from the political elite that has long dominated Japanese politics. Elected prime minister...
Jun 21, 2024 · Suga Yoshihide (born December 6, 1948, Ogachi (now in Yuzawa), Akita prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese politician who served as leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and prime minister of Japan (2020–21).
Yoshihide Suga: The unexpected rise of Japan’s new prime minister. 15 September 2020. By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News, Tokyo. Getty Images. Yoshihide Suga (third from left) celebrates after...
Sep 14, 2020 · Japan's governing party has elected Yoshihide Suga as its new leader to succeed Shinzo Abe, meaning he is almost certain to become the country's next prime minister.
Sep 16, 2020 · Japan's parliament has elected Yoshihide Suga as the country's new prime minister, following the surprise resignation of Shinzo Abe. After winning the leadership of the governing party earlier...
September 2006. Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Minister for Privatization of the Postal Services. (the First Abe Cabinet) November 2005. Senior Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. (the Third Koizumi Reshuffled Cabinet) October 2004. Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP.
Sep 3, 2021 · Yoshihide Suga will step down as Japanese prime minister after just a year in office, risking a return to the shortlived premierships that once characterised the country’s politics.
