Liberal Democratic Party
Japanese political party
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Summary
Liberal Democratic Party is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of political party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,633 views/month, #63 of 10,192).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3]
- Founder: Ichirō Hatoyama[4]
- Named after: liberal democracy[5], Liberal Party[6], Japan Democratic Party[7]
- Headquarters location: Nagatachō[8]
- Commons category: Liberal Democratic Party of Japan[9]
- SRGB color hex triplet: D7003A[10]
- Chairperson: Sanae Takaichi[11]
- Inception: November 15, 1955[12]
- Official website: https://www.jimin.jp/[13], https://www.jimin.jp/english/[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)[15]
- Web feed URL: http://rss.jimin.jp/f1887/index.rdf[16]
- Political ideology: conservatism[17], Japanese nationalism[18], social conservatism[19]
- Replaces: Liberal Party[20], Japan Democratic Party[21]
- Political alignment: right-wing[22]
- Topic has template: Template:Liberal Democratic Party of Japan[23], Template:Liberal Democratic Party of Japan_sidebar[24]
- Official name: 自由民主党本部[25]
- Legal form: political party[26]
- Date of official opening: November 15, 1955[27]
- Native label: 自由民主党[28], 自民党[29]
- Short name: PLD[30], LDP[31], 自民党[32]
- Member count: 5,460,000[33], 730,000[34], 800,000[35], 1,086,298[36], 1,136,445[37], 1,091,075[38]
- Position held by head of the organization: President of the Liberal Democratic Party[39]
- Has part(s) of the class: faction in the Liberal Democratic Party[40]
- House publication: Liberal & Democratic[41]
- Youth wing: Youth Division of the Liberal Democratic Party[42]
Why It Matters
Liberal Democratic Party has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]