{{short description|Former political party in Japan}} {{Infobox political party | name = Good Governance Party<br />{{nobold|{{Nihongo2|民政党}}}} | native_name = {{lang|ja-Latn|Minseitō}} | logo = Good Governance Party logo.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert | logo_size = 150px | leader = | chairman = | president = Tsutomu Hata | secretary_general = | spokesperson = | leader1_title = | leader1_name = | foundation = 23 January 1998 | dissolved = 27 April 1998 | split = | merged = Democratic Party of Japan | predecessor = | merger = Sun Party<br>Voice of the People<br>From Five | headquarters = | newspaper = | youth_wing = | membership_year = | membership = | ideology = Liberalism | position = Centre | national = | international = | colors = | country = Japan | colorcode = {{party color|Good Governance Party}} }} The {{nihongo|'''Good Governance Party'''|民政党|Minseitō}} was a Japanese political party which was in existence for a short period in early 1998. It was a centrist, reformist party that merged with other parties in April 1998 to form the Democratic Party of Japan.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan|publisher=Scarecrow Press|last=Hoover|first=William D.|date=2011|pages=88|isbn=9780810875395}}</ref>
There was an earlier pre-war ''Minseitō'' party, the Rikken Minseitō, which existed from 1927 to 1940.
==History== The Good Governance Party was composed of several smaller reformist groups that had emerged during the collapse of the large coalition New Frontier Party in 1996. These groups were: * The {{nihongo|Sun Party|太陽党|''Taiyōtō''}}, led by Tsutomu Hata, * The {{nihongo|Voice of the People|国民の声|''Kokumin no Koe''}} led by Michihiko Kano * The group of independents known as {{nihongo|From Five|フロムファイブ|''Furomu Faibu''}}, led by Morihiro Hosokawa.
Shortly after uniting on January 23, 1998, the Good Governance Party merged with the previous {{nihongo|Democratic Party of Japan (1996-1998)|民主党|''Minshutō''}}, the {{nihongo|New Fraternity Party|新党友愛|''Shintō-Yūai''}}, and the {{nihongo|Democratic Reform Party|民主改革連合|''Minshu-Kaikaku-Rengō''}} to form the brand-new Democratic Party of Japan. Hata, Kano and Hosokawa all played important roles in the development of the DPJ as the largest opposition party in Japan.
==Presidents of GGP== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan=2|No. !rowspan="2"|Name !rowspan="2"|Image !colspan=2|Term of office |- !Took office !Left office |- |bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="5"|'''Preceding parties: Sun Party, Voice of the People, & From Five''' |- |1 |Tsutomu Hata |100px |23 January 1998 |27 April 1998 |- |bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="5"|'''Successor party: Democratic Party (1998)''' |}
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Category:Centrist parties in Japan Category:Defunct political parties in Japan Category:Liberal parties in Japan Category:Political parties established in 1998 Category:Political parties disestablished in 1998
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