Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)

The Japan Liberal Party (日本自由党, Nihon Jiyūtō) was a political party in Japan.

Japan Liberal Party 日本自由党
President	Ichirō Hatoyama (first) Shigeru Yoshida (second)
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	Kokutai Conservatism[1][2][4] Antimilitarism[2][4] Economic liberalism[1][4]
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History

The Japan Liberal Party was founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party, with Ichirō Hatoyama being its first leader. From 1946-1954 the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida served as Prime Minister.

In 1948 the Japan Liberal Party merged with Kijūrō Shidehara's Dōshi Club (民主クラブ), and a faction of the Democratic Party led by Saitō Takao, to form the Democratic Liberal Party (民主自由党, Minshu Jiyūtō).

Leaders

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

Election results

House of Representatives

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Position	Status
1946	Ichirō Hatoyama	13,505,746	24.36	141 / 468	new	1st	Government
1947	Shigeru Yoshida	7,312,524	26.73	131 / 468	9	2nd	Opposition

House of Councillors

Election	Leader	Constituency			Party list			Seats	Position	Status
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
1947	Ichirō Hatoyama	3,769,704	17.10	30 / 150	1,360,456	6.40	8 / 100	38 / 250	2nd	Governing coalition