Kaishintō
The Kaishintō (Japanese: 改進党, lit. Reformist Party) was a political party in Japan.
Kaishintō 改進党 | |
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| Founded | 8 February 1952 |
| Dissolved | 24 November 1954 |
| Merger of | National Democratic Party, Shinsei Club and Farmers Cooperative Party |
| Merged into | Japan Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Ideology | Japanese nationalism Liberalism Economic liberalism Agrarianism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
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History
The party was established on 8 February 1952 as a merger of the National Democratic Party and the Shinsei Club, together with most of the Farmers Cooperative Party's Diet members.[1] In May Mamoru Shigemitsu was elected party president.[1]
Having started with 69 seats, the party won 85 in the 1952 general elections. However, the 1953 elections saw it lose nine seats; it also won eight seats in the House of Councillors.
In November 1954 it merged with the Japan Liberal Party and a group of Diet members from the Liberal Party to form the Japan Democratic Party.
References
- Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp595–596
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