title: Liberal Democratic Party (Republic of Macedonia)
Japan Democratic Party (1954)
Hideo Hiraoka
Liberal Democratic Party (Romania)
Hiroshi Hase
Tarō Kōno
Shinzō Abe
Ken Harada (politician)
Gheorghe Flutur
Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
sentences: The Liberal Democratic Party (Macedonian: Либерално-демократска Партија, "Liberalno-demokratska Partija") is a liberal political party in the Republic of Macedonia.
 The Liberal Democratic Party was launched in April 1997 as a merger between the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party.
 The first leader of the party was Petar Goshev from the Democrats, who was also the last president of the League of Communists of Macedonia.
 When the Liberal Party was re-established in 1999, a significant portion of the former Liberal Party remained in LDP.
The Japan Democratic Party (日本民主党 , Nihon Minshutō ) was a conservative political party in Japan.
 Existing from 1954 to 1955, the party was founded by Ichirō Hatoyama, former foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and future Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
 The party was formed on 24 November 1954, by merging Ichiro Hatoyama's group which left the Liberal Party in 1953, and the Shigemitsu-led Kaishintō party.
 On 15 November 1955, the Japan Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Party to form the modern-day Liberal Democratic Party.
Hideo Hiraoka (平岡 秀夫 , Hiraoka Hideo , born January 14, 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
 A native of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Hiraoka passed the bar exam and civil service exam prior to his graduation at the University of Tokyo.
 In 1976 he entered the Ministry of Finance which he joined before resigning in 1998 after working in the National Tax Agency's corporate tax department.
 In 2000, after leaving the ministry, he was elected to a seat of the House of Representatives for the first time; the district he represented, Yamaguchi Prefecture's No. 2 district, was previously a stronghold for the rival Liberal Democratic Party.
 Following a large-scale upturn by the Liberal Democratic Party, Hiraoka lost his seat by 588 votes, remaining in the Lower House through a process known as proportional representation.
 In 2008 he took back the Yamaguchi No. 2 seat, marking his fifth term as its representative for the Lower House.
 Hiraoka was later appointed state secretary for internal affairs and communications in 2010.
 In September 2011 he was appointed Minister of Justice in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.
The Liberal Democratic Party (Romanian: "Partidul Liberal Democrat" , PLD) was a political party in Romania, formed in December 2006 as a breakaway group from the National Liberal Party (PNL).
 The Liberal Democratic Party was headed by Theodor Stolojan, a former PNL leader, and included a series of prominent former National Liberals, such as Gheorghe Flutur, Mona Muscă and Valeriu Stoica, who were opposed to the leadership of the PNL, now headed by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu.
 The Liberal Democrats also advocated a closer co-operation with the Democratic Party (PD) and President Traian Băsescu.
 The PNL and the PD were part of the Justice and Truth governing alliance until Tăriceanu dismissed the PD ministers in April 2007 and formed a minority government with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), marking the end of the alliance.
Hiroshi Hase (馳 浩 , Hase Hiroshi , born May 5, 1961) is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under current Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
 Prior to his appointment in the Cabinet, he also served as a member of the House of Representatives of the National Diet, representing the 1st district of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Tarō Kōno (河野 太郎 , Kōno Tarō , born January 10, 1963) is a Japanese politician belonging the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives.
 Born in Hiratsuka, Odawara, Kanagawa and a graduate of Georgetown University, he was elected for the first time in 1996.
 In 2009, he campaigned to be made President of the LDP.
 His father is Yōhei Kōno, the first President of the Liberal Democratic Party who did not go on to become Prime Minister of Japan.
 Described as a "maverick" on various policies, Kōno was named as Foreign Minister on 3 August 2017 following a Cabinet re-shuffle by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Shinzō Abe (安倍 晋三 , Abe Shinzō , ] ; born 21 September 1954) is the current Prime Minister of Japan and the President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
 He is the third longest serving Prime Minister in post-war Japan.
Ken Harada 原田憲 (February 12, 1919 – January 29, 1997) was a member of the Diet of Japan from the Liberal Democratic Party until resigning his office on January 24, 1989 following alleged involvement in the Recruit scandal, where Harada admitted Recruit had given him donations, in the form of seasonal summer gifts, for ten years.
 While the donations were not illegal, they raised questions of political ethics which eventually led Harada to resign.
 As a member of the Diet, Harada served as Minister of Economic Planning, and earned the close trust of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.
 He was the third minister to resign over the scandal.
 Harada had been appointed to direct the Ministry of Economic Planning only one month before his resignation.
 After party officials had already placed him as the chair of a committee in charge of investigating the Recruit stock scandal, where he had concluded that nothing illegal had taken place.
 In 1992, Harada backed Keizō Obuchi as new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party.
 replaced Harada as Minister of Economic Planning.
Gheorge Flutur (born 8 July 1960 in Botoșana, Suceava County) is a Romanian politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
 He was previously a member of the National Liberal Party, which he resigned from in November 2006.
 Between December 2004 and November 2006, Flutur was the Minister of Agriculture in the Tăriceanu government (as a Liberal Party member).
 In December 2006, Flutur joined the new Liberal Democratic Party as vice-president in December 2006.
Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (三塚博 , Mitsuzuka Hiroshi , 1 August 1927 – 25 April 2004) was a veteran Japanese politician.
 He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.
 He represented his party at the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2003.
 In addition, he served as transport minister, international trade minister, finance minister and foreign affairs minister.

Question: Question: Hiroshi Hase is a the Minister of Education under which Liberal Democratic Party President? 

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 The Liberal Democratic Party (Macedonian: Либерално-демократска Партија, "Liberalno-demokratska Partija") is a liberal political party in the Republic of Macedonia.
 The Liberal Democratic Party was launched in April 1997 as a merger between the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party.
 The first leader of the party was Petar Goshev from the Democrats, who was also the last president of the League of Communists of Macedonia.
 When the Liberal Party was re-established in 1999, a significant portion of the former Liberal Party remained in LDP. 

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 Hideo Hiraoka (平岡 秀夫 , Hiraoka Hideo , born January 14, 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
 A native of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Hiraoka passed the bar exam and civil service exam prior to his graduation at the University of Tokyo.
 In 1976 he entered the Ministry of Finance which he joined before resigning in 1998 after working in the National Tax Agency's corporate tax department.
 In 2000, after leaving the ministry, he was elected to a seat of the House of Representatives for the first time; the district he represented, Yamaguchi Prefecture's No. 2 district, was previously a stronghold for the rival Liberal Democratic Party.
 Following a large-scale upturn by the Liberal Democratic Party, Hiraoka lost his seat by 588 votes, remaining in the Lower House through a process known as proportional representation.
 In 2008 he took back the Yamaguchi No. 2 seat, marking his fifth term as its representative for the Lower House.
 Hiraoka was later appointed state secretary for internal affairs and communications in 2010.
 In September 2011 he was appointed Minister of Justice in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda. 

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 The Liberal Democratic Party (Romanian: "Partidul Liberal Democrat" , PLD) was a political party in Romania, formed in December 2006 as a breakaway group from the National Liberal Party (PNL).
 The Liberal Democratic Party was headed by Theodor Stolojan, a former PNL leader, and included a series of prominent former National Liberals, such as Gheorghe Flutur, Mona Muscă and Valeriu Stoica, who were opposed to the leadership of the PNL, now headed by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu.
 The Liberal Democrats also advocated a closer co-operation with the Democratic Party (PD) and President Traian Băsescu.
 The PNL and the PD were part of the Justice and Truth governing alliance until Tăriceanu dismissed the PD ministers in April 2007 and formed a minority government with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), marking the end of the alliance. 

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 Hiroshi Hase (馳 浩 , Hase Hiroshi , born May 5, 1961) is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under current Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
 Prior to his appointment in the Cabinet, he also served as a member of the House of Representatives of the National Diet, representing the 1st district of Ishikawa Prefecture. 

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 Shinzō Abe (安倍 晋三 , Abe Shinzō , ] ; born 21 September 1954) is the current Prime Minister of Japan and the President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
 He is the third longest serving Prime Minister in post-war Japan. 

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 Ken Harada 原田憲 (February 12, 1919 – January 29, 1997) was a member of the Diet of Japan from the Liberal Democratic Party until resigning his office on January 24, 1989 following alleged involvement in the Recruit scandal, where Harada admitted Recruit had given him donations, in the form of seasonal summer gifts, for ten years.
 While the donations were not illegal, they raised questions of political ethics which eventually led Harada to resign.
 As a member of the Diet, Harada served as Minister of Economic Planning, and earned the close trust of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.
 He was the third minister to resign over the scandal.
 Harada had been appointed to direct the Ministry of Economic Planning only one month before his resignation.
 After party officials had already placed him as the chair of a committee in charge of investigating the Recruit stock scandal, where he had concluded that nothing illegal had taken place.
 In 1992, Harada backed Keizō Obuchi as new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party.
 replaced Harada as Minister of Economic Planning. 

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 Gheorge Flutur (born 8 July 1960 in Botoșana, Suceava County) is a Romanian politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
 He was previously a member of the National Liberal Party, which he resigned from in November 2006.
 Between December 2004 and November 2006, Flutur was the Minister of Agriculture in the Tăriceanu government (as a Liberal Party member).
 In December 2006, Flutur joined the new Liberal Democratic Party as vice-president in December 2006. 

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 Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (三塚博 , Mitsuzuka Hiroshi , 1 August 1927 – 25 April 2004) was a veteran Japanese politician.
 He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.
 He represented his party at the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2003.
 In addition, he served as transport minister, international trade minister, finance minister and foreign affairs minister. 

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Answer: Shinzō Abe