Good Governance Party 民政党 Minseitō | |
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| President | Tsutomu Hata |
| Founded | 23 January 1998 |
| Dissolved | 27 April 1998 |
| Merger of | Sun Party Voice of the People From Five |
| Merged into | Democratic Party of Japan |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
The Good Governance Party (民政党, Minseitō) was a Japanese political party which was in existence for a short period in early 1998. It was a centrist, reformist party that merged with other parties in April 1998 to form the Democratic Party of Japan.[1]
There was an earlier pre-war Minseitō party, the Rikken Minseitō which existed from 1927 to 1940.
- ^ Hoover, William D. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. Scarecrow Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780810875395.