Zenkō Suzuki
Suzuki was appointed prime minister following the sudden death of Masayoshi Ōhira, who died of a heart attack during a general election campaign.The sympathy vote generated by Ohira's death resulted in a landslide for the ruling LDP, handing Suzuki the largest parliamentary majority any prime minister had enjoyed for many years.This drew the ire of right-wing members of the LDP who believed it the issue to be an internal one and severely weakened his standing within the party.[5] He served during a period of instability; cabinet members frequently changed, and parties were often split by fractional politics.His diplomatic skills allowed him to chair his party's executive council ten times, winning him support in his early career.
Prime Minister of JapanShōwaMasayoshi ŌhiraYasuhiro NakasonePresident of the Liberal Democratic PartySecretary-GeneralYoshio SakurauchiEiichi NishimuraMinister of Agriculture and ForestryTakeo FukudaIchiro NakagawaMinister of Health and WelfareEisaku SatōChief Cabinet SecretaryHayato IkedaMember of the House of RepresentativesYamadaEmpire of JapanLiberal Democratic PartyJapan Socialist PartyLiberal PartyDemocratic Liberal PartyShun'ichi SuzukiAlma materTokyo University of FisheriesIwate PrefecturefisheryDries van Agtright of centerheart attackparliamentarySouth KoreaJapanese aggression in World War IIUnited StatesRonald ReaganTaro AsopneumoniaOrder of the Sun of PeruThe Washington PostThe New York TimesLiberal Democratic Party of JapanKōchikaiKiichi MiyazawaMinister of Posts and TelecommunicationsMasayoshi ItōPrime ministers of JapanMeiji eraH. ItōKurodaSanjōYamagataMatsukataŌkumaSaionjiKatsuraTaishō eraYamamotoTerauchiUchidaTakahashiTo. KatōKiyouraTa. KatōWakatsukiShōwa eraG. TanakaHamaguchiShideharaInukaiSaitōHirotaHayashiHiranumaN. AbeTōjōK. SuzukiHigashikuniYoshidaState of JapanKatayamaAshidaI. HatoyamaIshibashiK. TanakaT. FukudaŌhiraM. ItōZ. SuzukiNakasoneTakeshitaHeisei eraMiyazawaHosokawaMurayamaHashimotoObuchiKoizumiS. AbeY. FukudaY. HatoyamaReiwa eraKishidaIshibaLeadersHatoyamaTanakaTanigakiFactionsHeisei KenkyūkaiSeiwa Seisaku KenkyūkaiShikōkaiShisuikaiJapan Democratic PartyNew Liberal ClubNew Conservative PartyParty for Japanese KokoroJapan New PartyJapan Renewal PartyNew Party SakigakePeople's New PartyYour PartySunrise PartyNew Renaissance PartyJapan Restoration Party