Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)

Liberal Party

自由党
Liberal Party 自由党
Founded	November 9, 1945
Dissolved	March 15, 1948
Merger of	Dōkōkai
Merged into	Democratic Liberal Party
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Ideology	Conservatism; Liberalism; Antimilitarism; Economic liberalism
	Politics of Japan; Political parties; Elections;

Liberal Party (自由党, Jiyūtō) 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. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.

The initial name of the party was Japan Liberal Party (日本自由党, Nihon Jiyūtō). In 1948, the Japan Liberal Party merged with Kijūrō Shidehara's Dōshi Club (民主クラブ), not to be confused with the Democratic Party, to form the Democratic Liberal Party (民主自由党, Minshu Jiyūtō).

Leaders[]

No.	Name	Portrait	Term of office
No.	Name	Portrait	Took Office	Left Office
1	Ichirō Hatoyama		9 November 1945	18 August 1946
2	Shigeru Yoshida		18 August 1946	15 March 1948

Election results[]

General election results[]

Election year	Candidates	# of seats won	Change	Status
1946	485	140 / 466		Government
1947	326	131 / 466	9	Opposition

Councillors election results[]

Election year	Seats		Status
Election year	Total	Contested	Status
1947	76 / 250	No	Governing minority

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典の解説 [The Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Yoshida, Kenji. 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)の解説 [The Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ Uno 1991, p. 1094.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Uno 1991, p. 1088.

Works cited[]

Uno, Shun'ichi (1991). Nihon zenshi = Japan chronik (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd. ISBN 4-06-203994-X.

[Micropædia-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典の解説 [The Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[LP-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Yoshida, Kenji. 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)の解説 [The Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[FOOTNOTEUno19911094-3] Uno 1991, p. 1094.

[FOOTNOTEUno19911088-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Uno 1991, p. 1088.

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Liberal Party 自由党
Founded	November 9, 1945 (1945-11-09)^[1]^[2]
Dissolved	March 15, 1948^[1]^[3]
Merger of	Dōkōkai
Merged into	Democratic Liberal Party^[1]
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Ideology	Conservatism^[1]^[2]^[4] Liberalism^[2] Antimilitarism^[2]^[4] Economic liberalism^[1]^[4]
Politics of Japan Political parties Elections