Gonin Gumi (meeting)

2000 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
5 April 2000 (2000-04-05) (Diet vote)
 
Candidate Yoshirō Mori
Vote No vote
President before election

Keizo Obuchi

 Elected President

Yoshirō Mori

The Gonin Gumi (Japanese: 五人組; lit. group of five) were five influential members of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party who met to select a successor to Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi following his stroke and cereberal infarction in April 2000. They are also known as the "Akapri Five" because they met at the Akasaka Prince Hotel.

During the meeting, Murakami remarked, "Why don't you do it?", which led to the decision to appoint Yoshirō Mori as the Prime Minister.

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