On this day 29 years ago, on November 7, 1996 (September 27, 1996 lunar calendar), Ryutaro Hashimoto, President of the Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the Prime Minister of Japan. Hashimoto Ryutaro delivered a campaign speech. On the afternoon of November 7, 1996, at the 138th special parliament of Japan, Ryutaro Hashimoto, President of the Liberal Democratic Party, was re-elected as the 83rd prime minister of Japan with a narrow majority of 262 votes. This is his second term as prime minister. On January 11, 1996, in the provisional parliament of Japan, Ryutaro Hashimoto was elected as the 82nd and 53rd prime minister of Japan with more than half of the votes. After Hashimoto was elected prime minister this time, he immediately formed a new cabinet. The new cabinet members are all members of the Liberal Democratic Party, including Minister of Justice Matsuura Kung, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yukihiko Ikeda, Minister of Ozo Hiroshi Mitsuka, Chief Cabinet Secretary In the evening, after the new cabinet members were certified by the emperor, the second Hashimoto cabinet began to operate. Hashimoto Ryutaro is a senior politician in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and a representative figure of the new generation of politicians who have grown up in Japan after the war. As early as 1987, he was already one of the important members of the main school of the Liberal Democratic Party, the "Jingshi Association". Hashimoto was born in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture on July 29, 1937. After graduating from the law department of Keio University in 1960, he worked for the Wuyu Textile Company (now Toyo Textile Company). Hashimoto's father, Ryuwu Hashimoto, served as the Minister of Health and Education of Japan. Hashimoto was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1963. At the age of 26, he was the youngest member of the Japanese parliament. Since then, he has been elected to the Diet 11 times in a row. In 1978 After that, he served as Minister of Transport, Minister of Dazang, Minister of Industry and Commerce, and Deputy Prime Minister. Within the Liberal Democratic Party, Hashimoto has successively served as Secretary-General, Chairperson of Political Research, and President. In 1995, during the Japan-US auto trade war, he negotiated with the United States as Minister of Industry and Commerce, which left a deep impression on Japan and abroad. In the early 1990s, when Western countries imposed "sanctions" on China, Hashimoto visited China as Minister of Dazang, becoming the first Western ministerial official to visit China after 1989. He served as the chairperson of the "Japan Vestigial Association", a non-governmental organization, and visited the Yasukuni Shrine several times. After being elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party last year, he resigned as the chairperson of the Vestigial Association. Hashimoto loves kendo, photography and mountaineering. In the spring of 1988, he served as the honorary captain of the Friendly Mountaineering Team of China, Japan and Nepal to climb Mount Everest. He is also a runner in the fifth stage of kendo, and his photography is considered professional. He and his wife Kumiko have two boys and three girls. He is the author of "Japan Prospects" and "On Regaining Power". His motto is "Don't forget your original intention".