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2 unusual facts about Liberal Democratic Party


Liberal Democratic Party

Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalno demokratska stranka) founded in 1989

Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalno demokratska partija) founded in 2005


2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations

On May 6, 2005 in a meeting between then-President Roh Moo-hyun and Liberal Democratic Party's Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe, President Roh demanded Japan takes step to properly educate its citizens.

Andrej Žernovski

Andrej Žernovski (Macedonian Cyrillic: Андреј Жерновски) (born 26 November 1968 in Skopje) is a Macedonian politician, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the current mayor of the Centar Municipality of Skopje.

Fukuoka 8th district

/KK) and Tarō Asō, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction leader and the only representative for the 8th district since its creation.

Komae, Tokyo

In the mayoral election held on June 22, 2008, Yutaka Yano defeated two independent opponents, supported by the Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Party of Japan, to win a fourth term.

Mikio Shimoji

A native of Hirara, Okinawa and graduate of Chuo Gakuin University, he was elected for the first time in 1996 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Shigeru Iwasaki

He has presided over a number of significant national security issues, including the renewed Senkaku Islands dispute and the possible revision of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (following the Liberal Democratic Party's landslide electoral victory in December 2012).

Susumu Kajiyama

In August 2003, Shizuka Kamei, then a senior member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and former Senior Superintendent of the National Police Agency, acknowledged receiving political donations from Kajiyama.

Takao Fujinami

Born in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Fujinami was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1967 as a Liberal Democratic Party member, and was elected to the House of Representatives eleven times.

Toshio Motoya

A vigorous supporter of former Liberal Democratic Party Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and fierce critic of former Democratic Party of Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Motoya is linked with right-wing political causes in Japan, and views the country's involvement in World War II in a generally positive light.

Yoshio Nakagawa

A native of Hiroo District, Hokkaidō and dropout of Kanagawa University, he was elected to the House of Councillors as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in 1998 after serving in the prefectural assembly of Hokkaidō for five terms.


see also

Imazu

Hiroshi Imazu (born 1946), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet

Komoto

Saburo Komoto (born 1950), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party

Komura

Masahiko Kōmura (born 1942), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party

Mutai

Shunsuke Mutai (born 1956), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party

Project Russia

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a Russian politician, the founder and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, stated that the Kremlin had made the Project Russia in order to create a unitary state.

Ryōtarō

Ryotaro Tanose born 1943), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party

Yoshitsugu

Yoshitsugu Harada (born 1952), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet