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20707
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 12:12
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Aso appoints Hosoda as LDP secretary general, retains other execs+
TOKYO, Sept. 22 Kyodo - New Liberal Democratic Party President Taro Aso appointed former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda as LDP secretary general while retaining those who held other key executive posts under his predecessor, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.
Aso, 68, who defeated four rivals in the LDP presidential election earlier in
the day, named Hosoda, 64, the party's acting secretary general, as his
successor in the No. 2 party position and kept Kosuke Hori, 73, as LDP Policy
Research Council chairman.
He also retained Takashi Sasagawa, 72, as General Council chairman and Makoto
Koga, 68, as Election Strategy Council chairman, in addition to keeping
Tadamori Oshima, 62, as chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee.
Aso, a former foreign minister, is set to be chosen as Japan's new prime
minister in parliament Wednesday, given the LDP's majority in the House of
Representatives which has the final say in choosing the country's leader.
==Kyodo
Aso, 68, who defeated four rivals in the LDP presidential election earlier in
the day, named Hosoda, 64, the party's acting secretary general, as his
successor in the No. 2 party position and kept Kosuke Hori, 73, as LDP Policy
Research Council chairman.
He also retained Takashi Sasagawa, 72, as General Council chairman and Makoto
Koga, 68, as Election Strategy Council chairman, in addition to keeping
Tadamori Oshima, 62, as chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee.
Aso, a former foreign minister, is set to be chosen as Japan's new prime
minister in parliament Wednesday, given the LDP's majority in the House of
Representatives which has the final say in choosing the country's leader.
==Kyodo
