New Liberal Club

New Liberal Club

新自由クラブ
*Shin-jiyū-kurabu*
New Liberal Club 新自由クラブ; Shin-jiyū-kurabu
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
Colours	Red (official); Sky blue (customary);
	Politics of Japan; Political parties; Elections;

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).

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

No.	Name	Portrait	Term of office
No.	Name	Portrait	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

House of Representatives

House of Representatives
Election year	Leader	Candidates	# of seats won	Change	Status
1976	Yōhei Kōno	25	17 / 511	New	Opposition
1979	Seiichi Tagawa	31	4 / 511	13	Opposition
1980		25	12 / 511	8	Opposition
1983		17	8 / 511	4	Government
1986	Yōhei Kōno	12	6 / 512	2	Government

House of Councillors

House of Councillors
Election year	Leader	Seats		Status
Election year	Leader	Total	Contested	Status
1977	Yōhei Kōno	3 / 252	3 / 126	Opposition
1980	Seiichi Tagawa	2 / 252	0 / 126	Opposition
1983	Seiichi Tagawa	3 / 252	2 / 126	Opposition
1986	Yōhei Kōno	1 / 252	1 / 126	Opposition

References

^ 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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[1] 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.

[jt-2] "Former minister Tagawa dies at 91". The Japan Times. Kyodo News. August 9, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

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Factions	Heisei Kenkyūkai Kōchikai Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai Shikōkai Shisuikai
Preceding parties	Liberal Party Japan Democratic Party
Absorbed parties	Okinawa Liberal Democratic Party [ja] (1970) New Liberal Club (1986) New Conservative Party (2003) Party for Japanese Kokoro (2018)
Split parties	New Liberal Club (1976) Japan New Party (1992) Japan Renewal Party (1993) New Party Sakigake (1993) People's New Party (2005) Your Party (2009) Sunrise Party (2010) New Renaissance Party (2010) Japan Restoration Party (2012)
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