The heavy-metal-loving, motorcycle-driving Sanae Takaichi (高市 早苗) was elected the first female prime minister of Japan on Tuesday.

Wearing a blue suit jacket to reference U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi is expected to move the country further to the political right.

In her acceptance speech , Takaichi promised to abolish some taxes and said she looks forward to meeting with President Donald Trump on Oct. 28, when he visits the country.

After Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation as prime minister in September, the vote to install Takaichi in his place passed in the lower house of Parliament by 237-149, and it passed by 125-46 in the upper house.

The average tenure of a Japanese prime minister in the last 30 years is 16 months.

What are Takaichi’s political views?

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