Junichiro Koizumi is a Japanese retired politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009. He is the sixth-longest serving Prime Minister in Japanese history.
Official portrait, 2001
Koizumi as Health Minister, 1997.
Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush meet at the White House on 25 September 2001
Koizumi meets with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on 21 May 2002
President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
The president of the Liberal Democratic Party is the highest-ranking member within the Japanese conservative party, the Liberal Democratic Party. Due to the dominance of the LDP in Japanese politics, all except two have also been the prime minister of Japan. The current holder of the position is Fumio Kishida, who was elected to the position on 29 September 2021.
President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
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