New Liberal Club (新自由クラブ, Shin-jiyū-kurabu) was a political party in Japan that was founded on 25 June 1976 as a breakaway from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
New Liberal Club 新自由クラブ Shin-jiyū-kurabu | |
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Leader | Yōhei Kōno |
Secretary-General | Takeo Nishioka |
Founded | June 25, 1976 |
Dissolved | August 15, 1986 |
Split from | Liberal Democratic Party |
Merged into | Liberal Democratic Party |
Ideology | Progressivism[1] |
The New Liberal Club formed a coalition government with the LDP in December 1983, with the New Liberal's president, Seiichi Tagawa, serving as the Minister of Home Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.[2]
It rejoined the LDP on 15 August 1986.
Leaders of the New Liberal Club
editNo. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
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Took office | Left office | |||
1 | Yōhei Kōno | ![]() | June 1976 | February 1979 |
2 | Seiichi Tagawa | February 1979 | June 1984 | |
3 | Yōhei Kōno | ![]() | June 1984 | August 1986 |
Election results
editHouse of Representatives
editElection year | Leader | Candidates | # of seats won | Change | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Yōhei Kōno | 25 | 17 / 511 | ![]() | Opposition |
1979 | 31 | 4 / 511 | ![]() | Opposition | |
1980 | 25 | 12 / 511 | ![]() | Opposition | |
1983 | 17 | 8 / 511 | ![]() | Government | |
1986 | 12 | 6 / 512 | ![]() | Opposition |
House of Councillors
editElection year | Leader | Seats | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Contested | |||
1977 | Yōhei Kōno | 3 / 252 | 3 / 126 | Opposition |
1980 | 2 / 252 | 0 / 126 | Opposition | |
1983 | 3 / 252 | 2 / 126 | Opposition | |
1986 | 1 / 252 | 1 / 126 | Opposition |
References
edit- ^ Beeman, Michael L. (2002). Public Policy and Economic Competition in Japan: Change and Continuity in Antimonopoly Policy, 1973-1995. Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series. Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 978-0415249690. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ "Former minister Tagawa dies at 91". The Japan Times. Kyodo News. August 9, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- 新自由クラブ関係文書 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
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