Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The vice president is appointed the president and approved by the LDP Convention. According to the LDP constitution, the vice president assists the president in their duties and acts on their behalf in the event the president cannot fulfill their duties or if the office becomes vacant.^[1] The vice president is considered to be a mostly ceremonial role,^[2] and has been called by The Japan Times as an effectively being a "pre-retirement job for elder statesmen".^[3] The current vice president is Tarō Asō, appointed on 8 October 2021.