New Liberal Club
Appearance
New Liberal Club 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] |
New Liberal Club (
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
[edit]No. | 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
[edit]House of Representatives
[edit]Election year | Leader | Candidates | # of seats won | Change | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Yōhei Kōno | 25 | 17 / 511
|
Opposition | |
1979 | 31 | 4 / 511
|
13 | Opposition | |
1980 | 25 | 12 / 511
|
8 | Opposition | |
1983 | 17 | 8 / 511
|
4 | Government | |
1986 | 12 | 6 / 512
|
2 | Opposition |
House of Councillors
[edit]Election year | Leader | Seats | Status | |
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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.