菅義偉當選自民黨總裁
Suga elected president of LDP
菅義偉當選自民黨總裁Yoshihide Suga, 71, became the 26th president of Japan's ruling Liberal DeMocratic Party on Monday, winning 377 votes.
9月14日，71歲的菅義偉以377票當選日本執政黨自民黨的第26任總裁。Suga is set to be elected as Japan's 99th president at an extraordinary Diet session on Wednesday.
他將在9月16日的國會特別會議上出任第99任日本首相。
His rivals, Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister, got 68 votes and Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, got 89.
另外兩名候選人，前防務大臣石破茂和前外交大臣岸田文雄分別獲得68票和89票。
Suga is virtually assured of becoming the next prime minister due to the LDP's dominance in both chambers of Japan's bicameral parliament.
由於自民黨在國會兩院中均佔據絕對優勢，因此菅義偉當選下一任首相已無懸念。The election was triggered by Shinzo Abe's abrupt announcement late last month he was stepping down due to a recurrent health issue which also brought his first tenure as prime minister to an abrupt end in 2007.
上月底安倍晉三因舊疾復發突然宣佈將辭去首相一職，因此自民黨舉行了這次黨首選舉。2007年，安倍也是因健康原因不得不突然結束了自己的第一任首相任期。Suga, who has been one of Abe's closest confidants for almost eight years, has promised to continue Abe's economic policies and approach to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
菅義偉曾任安倍親密助手長達8年，他承諾將延續安倍的經濟政策和應對新冠肺炎疫情的方法。
