石破総理大臣は、
辞表を
提出した
江藤農林水産大臣の
後任に、
自民党の
小泉進次郎前選挙対策委員長を
起用する
意向を
固めました。
Prime Minister Ishiba has decided to appoint former LDP Election Strategy Committee Chairman Shinjiro Koizumi as the successor to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eto, who has submitted his resignation.
江藤農林水産大臣は「コメは買ったことがない」などと発言した責任を取りたいとして、石破総理大臣に辞表を提出し、受理されました。
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eto submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Ishiba, taking responsibility for remarks such as Ive never bought rice, and it was accepted.
これを受けて石破総理大臣は、後任の農林水産大臣に自民党の小泉進次郎・前選挙対策委員長を起用する意向を固めました。
In response, Prime Minister Ishiba has decided to appoint Shinjiro Koizumi, former Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Partys Election Strategy Committee, as the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
小泉氏は、衆議院神奈川11区選出の当選6回で、44歳。
Mr. Koizumi has been elected six times from the 11th district of Kanagawa in the House of Representatives and is 44 years old.
2009年の衆議院選挙で父親の小泉純一郎・元総理大臣のあとを継いで立候補し、28歳で初当選しました。
In the 2009 House of Representatives election, he ran for office, succeeding his father, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and was elected for the first time at the age of 28.
2019年に安倍内閣で戦後3番目の若さとなる38歳で環境大臣として初入閣し、菅内閣でも再任されました。
In 2019, he entered the cabinet for the first time as Minister of the Environment at the age of 38, making him the third youngest since the war in the Abe administration, and he was reappointed in the Suga administration.
去年9月には初めて党の総裁選挙に立候補し、決選投票には進めませんでしたが1回目の投票では、最も多い75票の議員票を獲得して全体の3位につけ、存在感を示しました。
In September last year, he ran for the partys presidential election for the first time. Although he did not advance to the runoff, he received the highest number of parliamentary votes in the first round with 75 votes, placing third overall and making his presence felt.
そして、石破政権の発足に伴い、党の選挙対策委員長に起用されましたが、直後の衆議院選挙で敗北した責任をとりたいとして辞任しました。
And then, with the inauguration of the Ishiba administration, he was appointed as the partys Election Strategy Committee Chairman, but he resigned, saying he wanted to take responsibility for the defeat in the subsequent House of Representatives election.
石破総理大臣としては、閣僚経験があり、党の農林部会長を務めるなど、農政分野にも明るい小泉氏を起用することで、体制の立て直しを図り、引き続き、コメの価格安定に取り組む狙いがあるものとみられます。
As Prime Minister Ishiba, it is believed that by appointing Mr. Koizumi, who has experience as a cabinet minister and has served as the party’s chairman of the Agriculture and Forestry Committee, and who is well-versed in agricultural policy, he aims to rebuild the administration and continue efforts to stabilize rice prices.