New Liberal Club

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.^[1]

It rejoined the LDP on 15 August 1986.

List of presidents of the New Liberal Club

Yōhei Kōno, June 1976 – February 1979
Seiichi Tagawa, February 1979 – June 1984
Yōhei Kōno, June 1984 – August 1986

References

↑ "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. Retrieved 19 January 2009.

Political parties in Japan

Officially recognised political parties

Governing parties	Liberal Democratic Komeito

Opposition parties	Democratic Communist Innovation Initiatives from Osaka Social Democratic Vision of Reform People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends Japanese Kokoro New Renaissance Party

Political organisations with seats in
the National Diet

Political organisations with seats in
regional assemblies

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