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Suga Cabinet | |
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99th Cabinet of Japan | |
Date formed | September 16, 2020 |
Date dissolved | October 4, 2021 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Emperor Naruhito |
Head of government | Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga |
Head of government's history | Member of the HoR for Kanagawa 2nd district (1996-) Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2006-2007) Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012-2020) |
Deputy head of government | Tarō Asō |
Total no. of members | 27 |
Member party | Liberal Democratic–Komeito Coalition |
Status in legislature | HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority |
Opposition party | Constitutional Democratic Party |
Opposition leader | Yukio Edano |
History | |
Predecessor | Fourth Abe Cabinet (Second Reshuffled) |
Successor | First Kishida Cabinet |
The Suga Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from 16 September 2020 to 4 October 2021. [1] The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.
Following his resignation, the Suga cabinet was dissolved on October 4, 2021, and replaced with the First Kishida Cabinet after being in office for 384 days. [2] [3] [4]
House of Representatives | |||
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Choice | First Vote | ||
Votes | |||
Yoshihide Suga | 314 / 465 | ||
Yukio Edano | 134 / 465 | ||
Toranosuke Katayama | 11 / 465 | ||
Nariaki Nakayama | 2 / 465 | ||
Shinjiro Koizumi | 1 / 465 | ||
Abstentions/vacant | 3 / 465 | ||
Source [5] | |||
House of Councillors | |||
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Choice | First Vote | ||
Votes | |||
Yoshihide Suga | 142 / 245 | ||
Yukio Edano | 78 / 245 | ||
Toranosuke Katayama | 16 / 245 | ||
Takae Itō | 1 / 245 | ||
Blank | 3 / 245 | ||
Abstentions/vacant | 5 / 245 | ||
Source [6] | |||
Liberal Democratic
Komeito
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
B = Bureaucrat
Portfolio | Minister | Term | Note | |||
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Prime Minister | Yoshihide Suga | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation | Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | [9] [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | Ryota Takeda | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of Justice | Yōko Kamikawa | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Toshimitsu Motegi | R | September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of Defense | Nobuo Kishi | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding | Koichi Hagiuda | R | September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister in charge of Working-style Reform | Norihisa Tamura | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Kōtarō Nogami | C | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation | Hiroshi Kajiyama | R | October 25, 2019 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy | Kazuyoshi Akaba | R | September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Minister in charge of climate change (since March 9, 2021) | Shinjiro Koizumi | R | September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue | Katsunobu Katō | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [9] [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima | Katsuei Hirasawa | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of Building National Resilience Minister in charge of Territorial Issues Minister of State for Disaster Management Minister of State for Ocean Policy | Hachiro Okonogi | R | September 16, 2020 – June 25, 2021 | |||
Yasufumi Tanahashi | R | June 25, 2021 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | |||
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister in charge of COVID-19 Vaccination (since January 18, 2021) | Tarō Kōno | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens Minister in charge of Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of Loneliness (since February 12, 2021) | Tetsushi Sakamoto | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Minister in charge of Social Security Reform | Yasutoshi Nishimura | R | September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System Minister in charge of Digital Transformation Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy | Takuya Hirai | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] | ||
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister of State for Gender Equality | Seiko Hashimoto | C | September 11, 2019 – February 18, 2021 | [10] | ||
Tamayo Marukawa | C | February 18, 2021 – October 4, 2021 | [10] | |||
Minister in charge of the Osaka World Expo Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy Minister of State for the Intellectual Strategy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy | Shinji Inoue | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | [8] [7] [1] |
Portfolio | Deputy Minister | Term | Note | |||
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Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Manabu Sakai | R | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | |||
Naoki Okada | C | September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 | ||||
Kazuhiro Sugita | B | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | former: National Police Agency | |||
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Masaharu Kondo | B | September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 | former: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | ||
Portfolio | Adviser | Term | Note | |||
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Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for National Security | Minoru Kihara | R | September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 | |||
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Diplomacy and Economic Issues | Masashi Adachi | C | September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | |||
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Social Capital Development, Regional Revitalization, National Resilience, Reconstruction, Health and Medical Care, Scientific and Technological Innovation | Hiroto Izumi | B | January 21, 2013 – October 4, 2021 | from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | ||
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in charge of Policy Evaluation and Verification | Meiji Kakizaki | B | October 1, 2020 – October 4, 2021 | former journalist of Kyodo News | ||
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