Fourth Yoshida Cabinet

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Fourth Yoshida Cabinet
Flag of Japan.svg
50th Cabinet of Japan
Shigeru Yoshida Cabinet 19521030.jpg
Date formedOctober 30, 1952
Date dissolvedMay 21, 1953
People and organisations
Emperor Shōwa
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida
Deputy Prime Minister Taketora Ogata
Member parties Liberal Party
Ryokufūkai
Status in legislature House of Representatives: Majority
House of Councillors: Coalition majority
Opposition parties Kaishintō
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan
Japanese Communist Party
Labourers and Farmers Party
History
Elections 1952 general election
1953 councillors election
Legislature term15th-16th National Diet
Predecessor Third Yoshida Cabinet
(Third Reshuffle)
Successor Fifth Yoshida Cabinet

The Fourth Yoshida Cabinet was the 50th Cabinet of Japan. It was headed by Shigeru Yoshida from October 30, 1952 to May 21, 1953.

Cabinet

PortfolioNamePolitical partyTerm startTerm end
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Deputy Prime Minister (from November 28, 1952)
Minister of State
Taketora Ogata Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of Justice Takeru Inukai Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuo Okazaki Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of Finance Mukai Tadaharu Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of Education Okano Kiyohide Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of Health Yamagata Katsumi Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ogasawara Sankurō Liberal October 30, 1952December 5, 1952
Hirokawa Kōzen Liberal December 5, 1952March 3, 1953
Tako Ichimin Liberal March 3, 1953May 21, 1953
Minister of International Trade and Industry Hayato Ikeda Liberal October 30, 1952November 29, 1952
Ogasawara Sankurō Liberal November 29, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of Transport Mitsujirō Ishii Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of Posts Takase Sōtarō Ryokufūkai October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of Labor Totsuka Kuichirō Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of Construction
Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency
Eisaku Satō Liberal October 30, 1952February 10, 1953
Totsuka Kuichirō Liberal February 10, 1953May 21, 1953
Minister of State
Director of the Administrative Management Agency
Director of the Autonomy Agency
Honda Ichirō Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of State
Commissioner of the National Safety Agency
Kimura Tōkutarō Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of State
Director of the Economic Deliberation Agency
Hayato Ikeda Liberal October 30, 1952November 29, 1952
Ogasawara Sankurō Liberal November 29, 1952March 3, 1953
Mikio Mizuta Liberal March 3, 1953May 21, 1953
Minister of State Ōnogi Hidejirō Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Minister of State Hayashiya Kamejirō Liberal October 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Chief Cabinet Secretary Taketora Ogata Liberal October 30, 1952March 24, 1953
Kenji Fukunaga Liberal March 24, 1953May 21, 1953
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Satō TatsuoIndependentOctober 30, 1952March 24, 1953
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanno YoshimaruIndependentOctober 30, 1952March 23, 1953
Tanaka Fuwazō Liberal March 28, 1953May 21, 1953
Eguchi MitoruIndependentOctober 30, 1952May 21, 1953
Source: [1]

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References

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