Shigeru Ishiba elected Japan's new premier
Ishiba, who secured support of 291 lawmakers after winning intra-party leadership race last week, has called for snap elections later this month.
Japanese parliament votes in new ruling party leader Ishiba as PM / Photo: Reuters
Japanese politicians on Tuesday elected Shigeru Ishiba as the country's new prime minister, succeeding Fumio Kishida.
Politicians of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komieto party, voted to elect Ishiba after he won an intra-party leadership race last week.
He secured the support of 291 politicians out of 461 ballots cast in the lower house of the parliament.
Ishiba, 67, succeeds Fumio Kishida, who resigned early Tuesday, along with his Cabinet.
Kishida has served as premier since October 2021 after he succeeded former Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide.
The newly-elected prime minister had earlier served as defence minister and was elected LDP president on his fifth attempt.
He has called for snap elections later this month on October 27, the shortest period by any Japanese LDP leader after they were elected as party presidents.
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