Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai
Japanese political party faction / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Japanese: 清和政策研究会, lit. Seiwa Political Research Council), often shortened to Seiwa Kai,[3] was a major faction within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). It was led by Shinzo Abe from 2021 until his assassination in 2022, and hence has been nicknamed the Abe faction. Since Abe's death, it had collective leadership. The faction announced its dissolution in January 2024.
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Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai 清和政策研究会 | |
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Leader | Collective leadership |
Founder | Takeo Fukuda |
Founded | 24 January 1979 |
Dissolved | 19 January 2024 |
Ideology | Japanese nationalism[1] National conservatism[2] |
Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
Type | Liberal Democratic Party faction |
Councillors | 40 / 117 |
Representatives | 58 / 259 |
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Seiwakai was the largest faction within the LDP from 2005 until its dissolution.[4]