Socialist Democratic Federation (Japan)

Socialist Democratic Federation
PresidentHideo Den (1978 – 1985)
Satsuki Eda (1985 – 1994)
Founded26 March 1978
Dissolved22 May 1994
Split fromJapan Socialist Party
Preceded bySocialist Citizen's Federation
Shakai Club
IdeologyLiberal socialism[1]
Pacifism[1]
Reformism[1]
Political positionCentre[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).

  1. ^ a b c "社民連十年史 社民連 われわれのめざすもの 1978/03/26".
  2. ^ Albrecht Rothacher, ed. (2016). The Japanese Power Elite. Springer. p. 121. ISBN 9781349229932.
  3. ^ Bouissou, Jean-Marie [in French] (2002). Japan: The Burden of Success. CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies. Translated by Derrick, Jonathan. C. Hurst & Co. p. 293. ISBN 9781850655640. OCLC 1166938716. Retrieved 5 May 2021.