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Socialist Democratic Federation | |
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President | Hideo Den (1978 – 1985) Satsuki Eda (1985 – 1994) |
Founded | 26 March 1978 |
Dissolved | 22 May 1994 |
Split from | Japan Socialist Party |
Preceded by | Socialist Citizen's Federation Shakai Club |
Ideology | Liberal socialism[1] Pacifism[1] Reformism[1] |
Political position | Centre[2] to centre-left[3] |
The Socialist Democratic Federation (社会民主連合, Shakai-minshu-rengō) (SDF), also referred to in Japanese by the shortened Shaminren (社民連), was a Japanese political party that existed from 1978 to 1994. It was formed from the merger of the Socialist Citizen's Federation (社会市民連合, Shakai-shimin-rengō) and the Shakai Club (社会クラブ, Shakai-kurabu).