2008 Democratic Party of Japan leadership election
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21 September 2008
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The 2008 Democratic Party of Japan presidential election was held on 21 September 2008 in accordance with the end of the presidential term which had commenced in 2006. Incumbent president Ichirō Ozawa was re-elected unopposed.[1][2]
Ozawa had been elected to a full two-year term in September 2006, and during that time led the party to victory in the 2007 upper house elections, dealing a serious blow to the Liberal Democratic government. By September 2008, the DPJ was leading the polls against the ailing government and had seen off Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe and Yasuo Fukuda, who each lasted just a year in office. Ozawa had successfully maintained unity in his leadership troika with Naoto Kan and Yukio Hatoyama, and was widely expected to be re-elected.[3]
Candidates
| Candidate | Offices held | ||
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.png) | Ichirō Ozawa (age 66)  Iwate Prefecture | Member of the House of Representatives (1969–) President of the Democratic Party of Japan (2006–) | |