初入閣、小泉環境相ら最多１３人＝第４次安倍再改造内閣、午後に発足

　第４次安倍再改造内閣が１１日午後、発足する。安倍晋三首相（自民党総裁）は、麻生太郎副総理兼財務相と菅義偉官房長官を留任させて「骨格」を維持しつつ、全１９閣僚のうち１７人を交代させる。初入閣は環境相に充てる小泉進次郎党厚生労働部会長ら１３人で安倍内閣最多となる。
　首相の党総裁任期は２０２１年９月まで。残り２年間で宿願の憲法改正など政権のレガシー（遺産）づくりを目指す。首相は１１日午前の党役員会で「新しい体制で、わが党の長年の悲願である憲法改正を党一丸となって力強く進めたい」と強調。「国民の理解が何より大切だ」とも語った。

　これに先立ち、自民党は臨時総務会で新執行部人事を正式決定。留任の二階俊博幹事長と岸田文雄政調会長、新任の鈴木俊一総務会長と下村博文選対委員長による新たな党四役体制が始動した。（2019/09/11-11:12）

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe finalized the lineup of his new cabinet Wednesday, changing ministers in 17 of the 19 posts and bringing in 13 first timers, the highest figure for any of the cabinets he formed.
   Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, 70, announced the roster of the reshuffled cabinet at a press conference in the afternoon.
   Following the launch of the new cabinet, Abe, 64, will ramp up efforts so that he can leave political legacies, such as achieving his long-cherished goal of revising the war-renouncing Constitution, during the two years left in his term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   "Under the new organization, we will strongly push forward as one united party with our long-standing wish to revise the Constitution," Abe told a meeting of LDP executives.
   "The citizens' understanding is of utmost importance," he added. The LDP revamped its leadership team also on Wednesday.