was a political party in
Japan.
History
It's founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of
Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was
Ichirō Hatoyama
was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956. A conservative, Hatoyama helped oversee the 1955 merger of the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party to create the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), of which Hatoy ...
. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader
Shigeru Yoshida
(22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. Yoshida was one of the longest-serving Japanese prime ministers, and is the third-long ...
was the
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
.
The initial name of the party was . In 1948, the Japan Liberal Party merged with
Kijūrō Shidehara
Baron was a pre–World War II Japanese diplomat and politician. He was Prime Minister of Japan from 1945 to 1946 and a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II. He was the last Japanese Prime Minister who was a mem ...
's , not to be confused with the
Democratic Party, to form the .
Leaders
Election results
General election results
Councillors election results
References
Works cited
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1945 establishments in Japan
Political parties established in 1945
Defunct political parties in Japan
Conservative parties in Japan
Defunct conservative parties
Political parties disestablished in 1948
1948 disestablishments in Japan