Democratic Party of Japan (1996-1998)

Democratic Party of Japan (1996-1998)
Democratic Party of Japan
民主党
Leader Naoto Kan
Chief Secretary (party affairs) Yukio Hatoyama
Founded September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29)
Dissolved April 27, 1998 (1998-04-27)
Succeeded by Democratic Party of Japan (1998– )
Ideology Social Liberalism

The Democratic Party of Japan (1996–1998) (民主党 Minshutō?) is a now defunct Japanese political party. It was one of the forerunners to the modern-day Democratic Party of Japan. The two leading lights of the party, Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan, subsequently became Prime Minister one after the other at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.


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