Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)
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The Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō) was a centrist[1][2][3] political party in Japan, and one of the forerunners to the Democratic Party of Japan formed in 1998. Its two leading members, Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan, subsequently and sequentially became Prime Ministers at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.
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Democratic Party of Japan 民主党 Minshutō | |
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President | Naoto Kan |
Chief Secretary | Yukio Hatoyama |
Founders | Naoto Kan Yukio Hatoyama |
Founded | 29 September 1996 |
Dissolved | 27 April 1998 |
Split from | New Party Sakigake Social Democratic Party of Japan |
Merged into | Democratic Party of Japan |
Ideology | Liberalism |
Political position | Centre |
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