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Liberal Democratic Party

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synonymJapanese Liberal Democratic Party(The largest political party in Japan's Parliament) generally refers to the Liberal Democratic Party (the current ruling party in Japan, the largest party in Japan's parliament)
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (Japanese: じゆうみんしゅとう), abbreviated as the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, LDP, Japan today The ruling party , Diet of Japan The largest party.
The word "freedom" in its name means Private economy And politically Conservative liberalism . Internally, the party advocates based on democratic political ideas and safeguarding freedom Economic system Revise the pacifist Constitution, adhere to the Japan-US security system, strengthen the independent defense force, emphasize the Japan-US alliance as the base axis, and actively expand the diplomatic layout.
In November 1955, Liberal Party of Japan It merged with the Democratic Party of Japan to form the Liberal Democratic Party. Since then, the LDP has ruled alone for 38 years.
He was ousted for the first time in 1993, and later formed a coalition with other parties several times. Since April 2000, with Japan New Komeito Party , the Conservative coalition government; It absorbed one of the three ruling parties in November 2003 New Conservative party Forming a coalition with the New Komeito Party; In August 2009 House of Representatives The party suffered a crushing defeat in the election and was once again in opposition.
In December 2012, he won the House of Representatives election and returned to power. [1] In November 2016, a General meeting was held to approve the extension of the president's term of office from "up to two terms of six years" to "up to three terms of nine years" as stipulated in the Party Constitution. [1-3] September 14, 2020, Japan Chief cabinet secretary Suga Yoshihide In order to Absolute advantage Elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. [4] On July 5, 2021, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will be elected Tokyo metropolitan Assembly The largest political party. [1] [16]
On September 29, 2021, Fumio Kishida He was elected 27th president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan [18] .
On July 11, 2022 local time, Japan's 26th parliamentary election for the Upper house The final result is announced. The Liberal Democratic Party has 63 seats. [26] Affected by the "black gold" scandal of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, on January 25, 2024, the "Moriyama faction" of the Liberal Democratic Party decided to dissolve [45] .
Chinese name
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
Foreign name
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
alias
Japanese Liberal Democratic Party
Date of establishment
November 15, 1955
Political stance
conservatism
House seat
283/465 (61%) [5]
Senatorial seat
125/242 (52%) [6]
Current president
Fumio Kishida [18]
Current director general
Toshimitsu Motegi [23]
Political coordinate
ultra-right [20]

catalogue

  1. 1Historical evolution
  2. ▪Set up
  3. ▪Joint and conflict
  4. ▪Lose an election
  5. ▪Fall from power in a humiliating defeat
  6. ▪Take back power
  7. ▪Constitutional amendment rally
  8. ▪Factional reform
  1. ▪Apply for dissolution
  2. ▪Lost the by-election
  3. 2Organizational system
  4. 3Major faction
  5. ▪Qing and Policy Research Institute
  6. ▪Heisei Research Society
  7. ▪macropool
  1. ▪For Guild
  2. ▪Chi Shuai Club
  3. ▪Water-moon meeting
  4. ▪Near Future Council
  5. ▪Fancho Institute for Policy Research
  6. ▪No councilman
  7. 4Principal leader
  8. ▪Current leader
  1. ▪Current president
  2. ▪Successive presidents
  3. 5Major publication
  4. 6Disputed matter
  5. 7Related event

Historical evolution

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Set up

Liberal Democratic Party logo
The Liberal Democratic Party was formed in 1955 by two Conservative liberalism Political parties Liberal Party and Democratic Party of Japan The merger was created to counter the then-popular Socialist Party of Japan . The LDP quickly won the election, forming Japan's first conservative government in 1955 with a majority of seats. The LDP maintained single-party dominance for 38 years until its defeat in 1993.
After the LDP came to power, it first reformed Japan's foreign policy, such as accession The United Nations Be in harmony with The Soviet Union Establish diplomatic relations. Its leadership also made it the major political party in Japan in the 1950s, when it won a majority in all elections. Its only rival is the left Socialist Party of Japan and Communist Party of Japan . Since 1955, the LDP has had a majority in the Diet, while the Japanese Socialist Party has been the largest opposition party, and in every subsequent election, this Balance of power It's never changed, so it's called 55-year system .
In the 1960s, it was hosted by Japan in 1964 Olympic Games From the beginning, until 1972, when Japan declared neutrality in the Vietnam War, and Japan's economic miracle began, the LDP and the government were dominated by Eisaku Sato Lead. By the end of the 1970s, the LDP was in decline. Though it's still there Leading position But there have been many scandals. added New Komeito Party Member's Opposition faction And get a little motivation.
In the 1970s, Socialist Party of Japan , Communist Party of Japan and New Komeito Party and International community Are putting pressure on the Japanese government to reconcile Taiwan area of China "Cut ties" with People's Republic of China Establish diplomatic relations.

Joint and conflict

Eisaku Sato, Liberal Democratic Party
Japanese in 1980 Economic take-off and Bubble economy . Late 1980s Cold war End of story. Japan also has a key role. The bursting of the bubble economy and other causes (e.g The Riculut affair Split the Liberal Democratic Party, Miyazawa Kiichi The cabinet was approved by parliament after a revolt of party members Motion of no confidence He lost the 1993 election. The few opposition parties that won, led by the liberal New Party to form a government, the new new party leader in Congress Morihiro Hosokawa Became the first non-LDP prime minister in 38 years. Other alliance members are Socialist Party of Japan , New Komeito Party , Japan New Party, Democratic Social Party, Pioneer New Party, Social democracy United (non-autonomous/non-communist continuous regime). But the Socialists and the Pioneer New Party were ignored by the Liberal Democrats and left Ruling coalition And turned to join the Liberal Democratic Party in opposition. The remaining parties are trying to form minority The government, however, failed in 1994 when the Socialists and their arch-rival, the Liberal Democrats, formed a majority coalition. The LDP returned to power, albeit with a Socialist prime minister.
In 1996 the Liberal Democratic Party was elected Ryutaro Hashimoto Led under again to Majority party To govern. The Japanese Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party, formerly known as the Japanese Socialist Party, and the New Komeito Party, as well as a number of smaller parties, formed the opposition. ( New Progressive Party of Japan The Japan New Party and the Japan Young Party have disbanded.) The New Pioneer Party joined the ruling coalition.
From 1996 to 1998, the LDP was virtually unopposed. However, the Democratic Party was formed in 1998 and grew in strength, especially in the 2003 and 2004 congressional elections. But the LDP remained the largest party and kept its grip on power.
Liberal Democrat Yasukuni Shrine
On November 10, 2003, New Conservative party in General election The new Conservative Party was defeated, winning only four seats, and the party chairman failed to run for re-election in the old district, so the new Conservative Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. Former Prime Ministers of Japan Junichiro Koizumi From the Liberal Democratic Party. He used to Self-defence force go Iraq It has also been disbanded House of Representatives . Liberal Democratic Party and conservative Buddhist party New Komeito Party In an alliance, the LDP remained the largest party in Japan, with the Pioneer New Party (then renamed the Pioneer Party) remaining in the coalition until it was dissolved in 2002 to form the Green Council. The Green Club, an environmental party with no seats in parliament, unofficially supported the government, but was eventually dissolved and the LDP and Komeito formed a governing coalition. The LDP draws most of its support from conservative rural farmers and is the party of bureaucrats, prominent conglomerates and white-collar workers. The LDP has often been plagued by scandals, mostly involving lawmakers taking bribes.

Lose an election

President Yoshihide Suga
In the dramatic 2003 lower house election, the LDP won 237 seats, Democratic Party of Japan Won 177 seats. In 2004 senate In the election, in the reelected seats, the Liberal Democratic Party won 49 seats, but the Democratic Party of Japan won 50 seats, although the final Liberal Democratic Party still accounts for 114 seats in the upper house, but lost due to re-election Shinzo Abe Resign, party chairman Junichiro Koizumi Only demote him as a punishment and assign him Takemetsu Takebe succeed Director general The seat of...
The LDP is conservative on domestic policy, though the majority leader supports it Postal service But a minority of the party supports the nationalization of the postal service and opposes Prime Minister Koizumi's new freedoms Economic policy Kamei leader Shizuka Kamei And later the former Speaker of the House Mian Guan Minfu And former land Minister Kamei Kuhiro left the Liberal Democratic Party and another People's New Party . On September 20, 2006, Shinzo Abe He was elected the 21st president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
The current president is Fumio Kishida [29]
In July 2007, the LDP suffered a crushing defeat in the upper house election, winning only 37 seats in the upper house election, and the total number of seats in the upper house decreased from 110 before the election to 83, losing its position as the largest party in the upper house for the first time since the party was founded in 1955. At the same time, the Democratic Party increased from 81 seats to 109 seats, making it the largest party in the Senate. On September 12, after losing the upper house election, the controversial Shinzo Abe suddenly announced his simultaneous resignation Prime Minister of Japan And the presidency of the LDP. On September 23rd the results of the LDP presidential election were announced, Yasuo Fukuda With the support of the Aso party (Aso encircling the net), he was successfully elected and succeeded the resignation of Shinzo Abe. unfortunately Fukuda Cabinet Soon after taking office Support degree Government bills often require a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives to pass. On September 1, 2008, Fukuda announced his resignation as president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and on September 22, 2008, he became Secretary-General of the LDP Taro Aso Elected president by a large vote. Unfortunately, the Aso administration has been plagued by scandals, losing five consecutive elections in 2009 Local election , include Tokyo Prefecture Parliamentary elections, the first lost in 40 years Tokyo metropolitan Assembly Right of control .

Fall from power in a humiliating defeat

In the lower House election held on August 30, 2009, the LDP suffered a historic defeat, and the number of seats was sharply reduced from 300 before the election to 119, a reduction of 60%. President of Liberal Democratic Party Taro Aso And key party officials have said they will resign after the election. Although this is only the second time the LDP has lost power since it was briefly ousted in 1993, it is the first time the LDP has lost its position as the largest party in the Diet since it was founded in 1955, and the first time it has been ousted by defeat.
After the LDP lost power, it gradually fell apart, and as of April 22, 2010, a total of 13 LDP members of parliament, including 10 senators and 3 deputies, announced their withdrawal from the LDP Yosano , Kunio Hatoyama Senior lawmakers, such as Fujii Takako, and members who quit founded Rise Up Japan, New party reform These two new parties.

Take back power

Japanese Liberal Democratic Party
On December 17, 2012, the results of Japan's 46th lower house election were announced, and the largest opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party, won Landslide victory Alone, it won 294 seats in the 480-seat lower house, while the ruling Democratic Party suffered a crushing defeat with just 57 seats.
With this result, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will regain power for the first time in three years, while the Democratic Party (DPJ) will once again fall into opposition. Prime Minister of Japan, The ruling party Democratic Party Representative (Leader) Yoshihiko Noda 17 resigned as party leader. President of Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe As Prime Minister again. [7]
On November 1, 2016, the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party held a general meeting to approve the extension of the president's term of office from "up to two terms of six years" to "up to three terms of nine years", and decided to formally revise the party constitution at the Liberal Democratic Party Congress held on March 5, 2017.
On February 16, 2015, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) issued a draft of its 2015 campaign policy. reflect Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe The positive attitude towards constitutional amendment has strengthened the relevant claims.
After the lower House election held on October 22, 2017, vote counting was completed on October 23. The results show the Liberal Democratic Party of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has won the election, the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito Party constituent Ruling coalition It won 310 seats, while the opposition won 155.
As of 3 am on October 23, 2017, the results of the 48th lower House election in Japan showed that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito Party had a total of 312 seats, more than two-thirds of the seats in the lower house. [8]
On September 20, 2018, Shinzo Abe was re-elected as president of the Liberal Democratic Party. [9]
On July 22, 2019, the results of Japan's 25th Upper House election were announced, and the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito Party won 71 reelected seats, more than half of them. [10]
In the early morning of July 5, 2021, according to the voting results announced by the Japanese media, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party became the largest political party in the new Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. [16] On August 26, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party confirmed that the presidential election will be held on September 29. [17]
On November 1, 2021, the 465 seats in Japan's 49th Lower House election were announced. The coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito won the election with a combined 293 seats, more than the 261 seats for an "absolute stable majority", and will continue to govern together. [21]

Constitutional amendment rally

February 6, 2022, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Constitutional amendment Achieve headquarters on the same day Gifu Prefecture The first rallies were held and dialogue rallies are being held in 47 prefectures before the end of the long holiday in April and May 2022. [25]
In the early morning of April 10, 2023, the 41 prefectural assembly elections in the first half of the unified local elections in Japan were finalized with a total of 2,260 seats. The LDP has 68 women elected by party. [30]

Factional reform

Local time on January 20, 2024 news, Kyodo News reported, Taro Aso, vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and chairman of the "Aso faction" of the Liberal Democratic Party, has basically determined his intention not to dissolve the "Aso faction" and has informed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of this decision. Meanwhile, according to the Nikeizai Shimbun, the Aso camp will discuss and make a final decision based on the contents of the mid-term report of the Liberal Democratic Party's Political Reform headquarters, which is scheduled to be released next week. [43]
On January 23, 2024, the political refresh headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (the general minister is Prime Minister Fumio Kishida) held a plenary meeting to submit an interim report on party reform in response to the issue of kickbacks received at factional political fund-raising banquets, and was passed. The LDP's interim report on reforms allowed factions to become policy blocs. Factions were not completely abolished, but were allowed to continue to exist as "policy groups" that separated the functions of "money and personnel." [44]

Apply for dissolution

On April 26, 2024, Japanese media reported that the "Moriyama Faction" (Near Future Political Research Society) of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party decided to submit an application for the dissolution of political organizations to the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications on the same day in accordance with the procedures of the Political Fund Regulation Law. [49]

Lost the by-election

On April 28, 2024, the Japanese House of Representatives held three by-election seats. According to a quick report of the vote released that night, all three seats were won by the Constitutional Democratic Party, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party lost all of them. [50]

Organizational system

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Headquarters in Tokyo
The LDP headquarters (equivalent to the Central Committee) are tightly guarded Organizational system There are definite Programme of the Party The Party Constitution is divided into Decision-making body (Government Affairs Survey Committee), approving bodies (Party congress, House and Senate General Council, General Council and high-level meeting), executive bodies (Vice President, Vice President and Vice President Director general ). Local organization is divided into All prefectures The branch federation and Prefectural village At the branch level, local organizations are relatively free and can be made in line with the party Programme of the Party , the Party Constitution and the Constitution Laws and regulations The resolution of the request. The admission of party members must meet the requirements of the party's program and constitution, and the conditions for joining the party are to agree with and support the party's policies, and to sign the party's membership can be called a member Individual freedom .
According to the LDP constitution, the president is elected by LDP lawmakers for a three-year term and can only be re-elected twice. On March 5, 2017, the 84th Party Congress officially decided to change the president's term of office from a maximum of two consecutive six-year terms to a maximum of three nine-year terms as stipulated in the Party Constitution.

Major faction

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The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan was formed in 1955 by the integration of the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party, so the existing factions are inherited from the old system.
Factions are the characteristics of the Liberal Democratic Party, each faction according to the seniority of each member, the number of elections, the degree of loyalty to the faction and the size of the contribution to the faction list, the various positions obtained after competition between factions, basically according to the list order. Organizationally, each faction had its own offices, accountants, Executive organ and Policy research institute ; Hold meetings regularly or irregularly; They have their own politics Source of funds ; In the general election and in the presidential race, they put forward their own candidates. In addition to large factions in the party, there are also non-faction members.
The Liberal Democrats have always been Sending valve Stand in great numbers. As of December 2021, there are seven factions in the LDP: the Abe faction (former Hosoda faction, Kiyowa Policy Research Institute), the Aso faction (Shikai Association), the Motegi faction (Former Takeshita Faction, Heisei Research Institute), the Kishida faction (Hiroike Faction), the Nikai Faction (Shizuai faction), the Ishiba faction (Mizuki Faction), and the Ishihara faction (Near Future Political Research Institute). Among them, the Abe faction, headed by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is the most powerful with 95 lawmakers. The second and third factions were the Aso (53) and Motegi (51), followed by the Nikai (44), Kishida (42), Ishiba (12), and Ishihara (7). [35] .

Qing and Policy Research Institute

Qing and Policy Research Institute The president is Shinzo Abe (2021-2022), former President Hiroyuki Hosoda [24] . It is a pro-political faction, to which Junichiro Koizumi, Shinzo Abe and Yasuo Fukuda belong. On July 13, 2022, the faction announced that after the assassination of President Shinzo Abe, the faction would not have a new president, but would instead form a collective leadership system by seven people, including the former Chairman of the General Affairs, Tashi Shiotani [31] . As of July 2023, the faction has 60 representatives and 40 senators [32] .
On the afternoon of January 19, 2024 local time, the faction held a temporary assembly of MPS and announced the dissolution of the faction [42] .

Heisei Research Society

Heisei Research Institute, formerly known as Takeshita Nobori The "Ecclesiastical Council". November 25th, 2021, Heisei Research Institute of Japan By decision of the meeting, Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Toshimitsu Motegi succeed Takenoshita Esumi He became the new president, and the abbreviation of the Heisei Research Society was changed to Mogmok Faction. [33] . It is united not by shared political ideals, but by majority forces Pork barrel Politics. As of August 2023, the faction has 33 representatives and 21 senators [34] .

macropool

macropool (Kishida Pai), President Fumio Kishida . It holds 29 seats in the House of Representatives and 13 in the Senate. This party used to be Koichi Kato It was led until 2001. It is more conservative and more targeted at Prime Minister Koizumi, so it is more successful than Kato's faction. It was historically the most prestigious faction, and many of its members came from the upper echelons of the elite bureaucracy. On May 13, 2008, with Tanigaki school Unity. And in October 2012, since then-President Koga Makoto Supporting Shinzo Abe as the new president, the Tanigaki faction split away from the Hiroike faction again, and the faction lost its influence in the December 2012 Lower House election, when its elder statesman, the dovish Koichi Kato, was elected as a lawmaker.
According to Japan's Kyodo News agency, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on the morning of January 19, 2024, that he would disband the "Kishida faction" led by himself "in order to remove public doubts and restore political trust". [42] .

For Guild

For the association (old Kono faction, Aso faction), the former president is Yohei Kono Former Speaker of the House. Formerly part of the Kato sect, it split off in the mid-1990s. It holds 20 seats in the House and eight in the Senate. It is more aimed at former Prime Minister Koizumi and more pro-reform. After the resignation of Yohei Kono, Aso became the new head of the party. The Aso faction intends to merge with the Shandong faction.

Chi Shuai Club

Chi Shuai (second order), the president is Toshihiro Nikai It holds 27 seats in the House of Representatives and 7 in the Senate. Many think it is the most right-wing party valve. in External relations Japan needs to further increase its diplomatic considerations and co-exist with the prosperity and development of Asia. On the afternoon of January 19, 2024 local time, the faction held a temporary assembly of MPS and announced the dissolution of the faction [42] .

Water-moon meeting

Water Moon Society (Stone Break Sect), Chairman Ishiba Shigeru It holds 19 seats in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. It was founded on 28 September 2015. Pointing to the post-Abe era, most of the lawmakers are anti-Abe or dissatisfied with Abe's policies, and Abe regards Ishiba as the biggest competitor Therefore, he has been locked in the cabinet as a local creative Act as minister In fact, it is to restrict the movement of the stone breakers.

Near Future Council

The President of the Near Future Political Research Institute (Ishihara School) is Nobuaki Ishihara . It holds 13 seats in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. in Yasukuni Jinjia On the other hand, it is suggested that the government should study a facility to mourn war victims and pray for peace. Due to opposition in some policies Abe's cabinet , being marginalized.

Fancho Institute for Policy Research

Fancho Institute for Policy Research (Shandong School), the president is Shandong Zhaozi (2015). It holds eight seats in the House of Representatives and three in the Senate. In terms of foreign relations, he expressed his commitment to maintaining and developing good relations with Asian countries Political relationship .

No councilman

According to the LDP, as of October 2015, there are 107 LDP MPS who are not affiliated with any party. 79 in the House, 28 in the Senate
The most famous faction in the history of the Liberal Democratic Party was the "Wood Sidian Club", led by a former prime minister Kakuei Tanaka As president. It was particularly strong in the 1970s and 1980s, but collapsed in 1987. The biggest, most popular and most anti-reform faction in the LDP today is the old Hashimoto faction, one of the descendants of the Tanaka faction. Hiro Chi Kai was also a powerful and prestigious Pai valve, but as it began to split in the early 1990s, its power was weakened. Although each school has its own valve Official name Japanese media routinely refer to them by the names of their current presidents.

Principal leader

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Current leader

Because the 24th president of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sadakazu Tanigaki He will not seek re-election when his term expires. So on September 26, 2012, elections were held for the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Before defeat Minister of defense Ishiba Shigeru , director General Nobuaki Ishihara , front Chief cabinet secretary Nobutaka Machimura Acting President of Policy Research Hayashi Yoshimasa . He is the 25th president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a term of three years. On September 3, 2014, Shinzo Abe, president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, made a new appointment at the top of the Liberal Democratic Party Personnel adjustment . On September 8, 2015, the announcement of the presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, the current president Shinzo Abe is the only candidate, "no vote" reelected for a three-year term. [11] On August 3, 2016, Abe made another adjustment to the senior personnel of the Liberal Democratic Party. [12] On September 20, 2018, Shinzo Abe was re-elected as president of the Liberal Democratic Party. [9] On the afternoon of September 29, 2021, votes were cast in the presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. In the second round of voting, before Minister of foreign affairs Fumio Kishida He was elected the 27th president of the Liberal Democratic Party 18 [19] . At noon local time on November 4, 2021, according to NHK Reported that Japan's Liberal Democratic Party held a temporary general meeting to formally decide on the foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi succeed Akira Amari As secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party. [22]
On August 3, 2017, Shinzo Abe, president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, made a new personnel adjustment at the top of the Liberal Democratic Party.
On September 13, 2023 local time, Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida reshuffled the top ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party. [27] [36]
Liberal Democratic Party President: Fumio Kishida [4] [18]
Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party: Taro Aso (stay on) [27]
Secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party: Toshimitsu Motegi (stay on) [22] [27]
President of the Liberal Democratic Party: Yu Moriyama (Replaced as election committee chairman) [27] [36] [39]
Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Policy Survey: Cross the sea Ji Sanlang (Former Minister of Education, Sports, Science and Technology) [40]
Chairman of the LDP Parliamentary Countermeasures Committee: Yasukichi Hamada (front defense phase) [40]
Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Election Committee: Yuko Obuchi (New, pre-menstrual phase) [13] [27] [36] [38]

Current president

On 28 September 2021, Fumio Kishida was elected the 27th president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan [19] .

Successive presidents

Successive presidents of the Liberal Democrats
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PRESIDENT
Term of office
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1
Ichiro Hatoyama
(はとやま いちろう)
April 5, 1956 - December 14, 1956
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
2
Ishibashi Zhanshan
(いしばし たんざん)
December 14, 1956 - March 21, 1957
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
3
Nobusuke Kishi
(きし のぶすけ)
March 21, 1957 - July 14, 1960
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served two terms as president
4
Yasuto Ikeda
(いけだ はやと)
July 14, 1960 - December 1, 1964
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served three terms as president
5
Eisaku Sato
(さとう えいさく)
December 1, 1964 - July 5, 1972
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served four terms as president
6
Kakuei Tanaka
(たなか かくえい)
July 5, 1972 - December 4, 1974
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
7
Takeo Miki
(みき たけお)
December 4, 1974 - December 23, 1976
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
8
Takeo Fukuda
(ふくだ たけお)
December 23, 1976 - December 1, 1978
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
9
Masayoshi Ohira
(おおひら まさよし)
December 1, 1978 - June 12, 1980
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
agency
Eiichi Nishimura
(にしむら えいいち)
June 12, 1980 - July 15, 1980
Vice president at the time
10
Toshiyuki Suzuki
(すずき ぜんこう)
July 15, 1980 - November 25, 1982
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served two terms as president
11
Yasuhiro Nakasone
(なかそね やすひろ)
November 25, 1982 - October 31, 1987
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served three terms as president
12
Takeshita Nobori
(たけした のぼる)
October 31, 1987 - June 2, 1989
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
13
Munisuke Uno
(うの そうすけ)
June 2, 1989 - August 8, 1989
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
14
Junshu Kaibu
(かいふ としき)
August 8, 1989 - October 31, 1990
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served two terms as president
15
Miyazawa Kiichi
(みやざわ きいち)
31 October 1991-30 July 1993
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
16
Yohei Kono
(こうの ようへい)
30 July 1993-30 September 1995
He became Deputy Prime Minister of Japan and served two terms as president
17
Ryutaro Hashimoto
(はしもと りゅうたろう)
October 1, 1995 - July 24, 1998
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served two terms as president
18
Keizo Obuchi
(おぶち けいぞう)
July 24, 1998 - April 5, 2000
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served two terms as president
19
Yoshiro Mori
(もり よしろう)
5 April 2000-24 April 2001
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
20
Junichiro Koizumi
(こいずみ じゅんいちろう)
April 24, 2001 - September 30, 2006
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served two terms as president
21
Shinzo Abe
(あべ しんぞう)
October 1, 2006 - September 23, 2007
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
22
Yasuo Fukuda
(ふくだ やすお)
September 23, 2007 - September 22, 2008
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
23
Taro Aso
(あそう たろう)
September 22, 2008 - September 30, 2009
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served as president for one term
24
Sadakazu Tanigaki
(たにがき さだかず)
September 30, 2009 - September 26, 2012
Served 1 term as President
25
Shinzo Abe
(あべ しんぞう)
September 26, 2012 - September 14, 2020
He became Prime Minister of Japan and served three terms as president
26
Suga Yoshihide
(すがよしひで)
September 14, 2020 - September 2021
Later Prime Minister of Japan
27
Fumio Kishida
(きしだ ふみお)
September 28, 2021 -
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Major publication

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Liberal Democratic Party organ It is the "Free New Newspaper" and the theoretical journal is "Liberal Democracy".

Disputed matter

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On August 31, 2022, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (President of the Liberal Democratic Party) said, "As a basic policy of the party, we will sever ties with the World Federation for the Peaceful Reunification of the Family (formerly the Unification Church)," and apologized for the public distrust caused by the relationship between the church and LDP lawmakers. [28]

Related event

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On December 19, 2023 local time, on the issue of the "political black gold" exposed by the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party faction, the special search Department of the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office will conduct a mandatory search of the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party and the second order faction on the same day for suspected violation of the "Political Funds Regulation Law". [37] The Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office indicted some members of the "Abe faction", "Second order faction" and "Kishida faction" of the Liberal Democratic Party. [41]
On January 25, 2024, affected by the "black gold" scandal of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, the "Moriyama faction" of the Liberal Democratic Party decided to dissolve. By 2024, four of the six factions in the LDP had dissolved. [46]
Since the exposure in November 2023, the "political fund-raising banquet kickback" scandal (also known as the "black gold" scandal) of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has continued to fermenting, and the recent support rate of the Kishida Cabinet has also fallen to a new low. According to Kyodo Network, NHK and other Japanese media reported that on March 17, 2024, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party held its 91st Party congress in Tokyo, and Party president and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apologized and promised to punish party members who violated discipline and carry out internal party reform. [47]
On April 1, 2024, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) announced the list of targets for the "black gold" scandal, a total of 39 people, all of whom were members of the original "Abe faction" and the original "Second order faction". [48]
Japanese media reported on May 17, 2024, that due to frequent scandals in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its membership fell by more than 30,000 last year. [51]
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