The October 2017

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held a presidential election on 31 October 2017 to choose a replacement for the previous president

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. Maehara resigned on 30 October 2017 after the failure of his election strategy in the 2017 general election.

Kohei Otsuka is a Japanese politician. He was a former leader of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) and the Democratic Party (DP). A native of Nagoya, Aichi, he attended Waseda University and received a Ph.D. in fiscal and monetary policies and ref ...

was the only candidate in the race and therefore was elected as the new president unopposed.

Candidates

Running

, member of

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for

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and former vice minister in the Hatoyama and Kan administration.

Potential

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, member of the

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, former party president (2016–2017) and cabinet minister. *

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, member of the

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and former

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(2012).

Results

As Otsuka was the only candidate, there was no vote held and he was elected unopposed.

References

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