Since then he has been re-elected 12 times.
He experienced a lot of official positions :
Parliamentary Vice Minister of Post and TelecommunicationsRecently:
Parliamentary Vice Minister of Construction
Secretary General of the Prime Minister's Office
Secretary of Government Office for Okinawa Department
Chairman of Secretary Council of the House of Representative
Vice Secretary of LDP (1984~)Finally he got the post of Prime Minister on July 30th, 1998.
Chief Cabinet Secretary of Takeshita's Cabinet (1987~)
Chief Secretary of LDP (1991~)
Vice President of LDP (1994~)
Foreign Minister of Hashimoto's Cabinet (1997~)
The 18th President of LDP (July 24th, 1998~)
*LDP is majority party so in Japan the President of LDP becomes Prime Minister conventionally
July 13th, 1998 | Prime Minister Hashimoto Ryutaro declared his intention to resign. A Stinging defeat of LDP in election for the upper house of Parliament on July 12th let him made his mind
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July 21st, 1998 | Obuchi Keizo, 61, Foreign Minister Kajiyama Seiroku, 71, a former Cabinet Secretary Koizumi Junichiro, 56, Health and Welfar Minister run for the election of the President of LDP.
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July 24th, 1998 | Obuchi Keizo was elected the 18th President of LDP. Result:Obuchi got 225 Kajiyama got 102 Koizumi got 84
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July 30th, 1998 | Hashimoto resign his Cabinet. Obuchi organized his Cabinet and become Prime Minister. |
References:
"Gendai Nippon Jinmei Roku,1998(Comtemporary WHO's WHO in Japan,1998 vol.1)"
Compiled by Nichigai Associates,Inc.
Asahi News Paper's Shukusatu-Ban No.925,July 1998