Shisuikai
The Shisuikai ( Japanese 志 帥 会 ) is a faction within the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). It has been chaired by Toshihiro Nikai since 2012 and is therefore usually referred to as the Nikai faction ( 二階 派 Nikai-ha ).
The Shisuikai was founded in March 1999 as a merger of the former faction of Michio Watanabe , the Seisaku Kagaku Kenkyūjo , with the Kamei group of Shizuka Kamei , a split from the Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai . In the dispute over the post-privatization initiated by Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi , the Shisuikai lost some members who opposed the privatization, including the then faction chairman Shizuka Kamei.
In November 2009 - a few months after the LDP lost power as a result of the 2009 general election - the MPs of the Nikai group ("New Wave") joined the Shisuikai.
Chairperson
- Masakuni Murakami (1998–1999; Murakami Kamei faction)
- Takami Etō (1999-2003; Etō-Kamei faction)
- Shizuka Kamei (2003-2005; Kamei faction)
- Bunmei Ibuki (2005–2012; Ex-Kamei faction → Ibuki faction)
- Toshihiro Nikai (2012–; Nikai faction)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 伊 吹 派 、 二階 派 に 移行 ＝ 自 民 . In: Jiji Tsūshin . December 27, 2012, Retrieved December 27, 2012 (Japanese).
- ↑ Japanese rebels found new party . BBC News, August 17, 2005