Shinzo Abe was elected Prime Minister in a Diet vote in September 2006. Abe was the first prime minister to be born after World War II and the youngest prime minister since the war. However, Abe resigned abruptly on September 12, 2007, not long after the LDP lost control of the upper house in the July 2007 elections in which the LDP's handing of domestic issues was a leading issue. Yasuo Fukuda of the LDP was elected prime minister by the Diet on September 25, 2007, to replace Abe. Fukuda, whose father served as prime minister in the late 1970s, is known as a moderate and for his experience building consensus behind the scenes. | Shinzo Abe was elected Prime Minister in a Diet vote in September 2006. Abe was the first prime minister to be born after World War II and the youngest prime minister since the war. However, Abe resigned abruptly on September 12, 2007, not long after the LDP lost control of the upper house in the July 2007 elections in which the LDP's handing of domestic issues was a leading issue. Yasuo Fukuda of the LDP was elected prime minister by the Diet on September 25, 2007, to replace Abe. Fukuda, whose father served as prime minister in the late 1970s, is known as a moderate and for his experience building consensus behind the scenes. |