Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)
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History
The Liberal Party was formed from remnants of the New Frontier Party after it dissolved in 1998. The party did do quite well for a new party, joining the opposition led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and also including the New Kōmeitō, the Social Democratic Party and Japanese Communist Party, and thus helped contest elections against the ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
In January 1999, it formed a coalition with the ruling LDP under Keizō Obuchi.[2] Takeshi Noda as Minister for Home Affairs became its only member in the realigned Obuchi cabinet, later replaced by Toshihiro Nikai as Minister of Transportation. Later that year, the New Kōmeitō joined the coalition as well, and party president Ichirō Ozawa decided to lead the Liberal Party back into the opposition as he saw his party's position endangered.[3] However, some members of the coalition wanted to stay in the government and eventually formed the breakaway New Conservative Party.[4]
In October 2003, because of the upcoming election, the Liberal Party finally merged with the DPJ[5] and all its members joined the new party, making an influential grouping within the party. The DPJ did tremendously well, and Hirohisa Fujii became the Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Japan, while Ichiro Ozawa led the Liberal Party faction within the DPJ. In 2016, the name was revived by Ozawa, on his renaming of the People's Life Party to the Liberal Party.
Presidents of LP
| No. | Name | Image | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||
| Preceding party: New Frontier Party | ||||
| 1 | Ichirō Ozawa | File:Ichiro Ozawa 20131116 (cropped 1).jpg | 1 January 1998 | 26 September 2003 |
| Successor party: Democratic Party (1998) | ||||
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Election results
House of Representatives
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Total | Position | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| 2000 | Ichirō Ozawa | 2,053,736 | 3.37 | Template:Composition bar | 6,589,490 | 11.01 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | 5th | Opposition |
House of Councillors
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | Position | Status | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Election | +/- | Total | +/- | ||||
| 1998 | Ichirō Ozawa | 980,249 | 1.75 | Template:Composition bar | new | 5,207,813 | 9.28 | Template:Composition bar | new | Template:Composition bar | new | Template:Composition bar | Increase 6 | 5th | Opposition |
| 2001 | 3,011,787 | 5.54 | Template:Composition bar | Increase 1 | 4,227,148 | 7.72 | Template:Composition bar | Decrease 1 | Template:Composition bar | Steady | Template:Composition bar | Decrease 4 | 5th | Opposition | |
References
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