Third Koizumi Cabinet

Third Koizumi Cabinet
89th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 21, 2005
Date formed	September 21, 2005
Date dissolved	September 26, 2006
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Akihito
Head of government	Junichiro Koizumi
Member party	LDP-NKP coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-NKP Coalition Supermajority HoC: LDP-NKP Coalition majority
Opposition party	Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader	Seiji Maehara (until April 7, 2006) Ichirō Ozawa (from April 7, 2006)
History
Election	2005 general election
Predecessor	Second Koizumi Cabinet
Successor	First Abe Cabinet

The Third Koizumi Cabinet governed Japan for the final year of Junichiro Koizumi's term as prime minister, from September 2005 to September 2006, following the landslide victory of his coalition in the "postal election" of 2005. ^[1]

Background

Following his re-election by the National Diet on September 21, Koizumi did not make any ministerial changes when inaugurating his third cabinet, keeping his previous team in place to focus on the re-introduction and passage of the bills to privatize Japan Post, which had formed the basis for his re-election campaign. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Once this was accomplished, Koizumi conducted his final cabinet reshuffle on October 31 at the end of the Diet session. This reshuffle promoted several potential successors including Sadakazu Tanigaki, who was reappointed as Finance Minister, Tarō Asō, who was moved to become Foreign Minister, and Shinzō Abe, who was promoted from LDP Secretary General to the post of Chief Cabinet Secretary. ^{[5] [6] [7]} Koizumi also promoted Heizō Takenaka his long-serving minister for economic reform, to the position of Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications to oversee the implementation of postal and administrative reform. ^[8]

Since 1980, the Liberal Democratic Party has limited its leader to two consecutive terms, meaning that Koizumi was bound to stand down as prime minister in September 2006 when his second term expired. ^[9] This gave him just one year following his re-election to conclude the reforms he had advocated during his terms of office, though he admitted in September 2005 that some would not be achieved in that time, such as constitutional revision to allow the Self-Defence Forces full military status. ^[10] During the final session of the Diet under Koizumi's premiership, 82 out of 91 government bills were passed, including administrative and healthcare reforms, though education, constitutional and criminal law reforms were not enacted. ^[11] Despite calls from some members of the LDP and the Komeito to amend party rules and allow him to stay on (amendments which allow the President of LDP have another 3 years term, which later amended by Shinzo Abe in 2015), Koizumi adhered to the term limit and retired in September 26, 2006. ^{[12] [13]}

Election of the prime minister

21 September 2005

House of Representatives Absolute majority (241/480) required
Choice		First Vote
		Votes
	Y Junichiro Koizumi	340 / 480
	Seiji Maehara	114 / 480
	Others and Abstentions (Including blank ballots)	26 / 480
Source Diet Minutes - 163rd Session

Lists of ministers

   Liberal Democratic
   New Komeito
   Independent
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors

Cabinet

Third Koizumi Cabinet from September 21, 2005 to October 31, 2005

Portfolio	Minister			Term of office
Prime Minister		Junichiro Koizumi	R	April 26, 2001 - September 26, 2006
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications		Tarō Asō	R	September 22, 2003 - October 31, 2005
Minister of Justice Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Measures for Declining Birthrate		Chieko Nōno	C	September 27, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Nobutaka Machimura	R	September 27, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Minister of Finance		Sadakazu Tanigaki	R	September 22, 2003 - September 26, 2006
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology		Nariaki Nakayama	R	September 27, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare		Hidehisa Otsuji	C	September 27, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries		Mineichi Iwanaga	R	August 11, 2005 - October 31, 2005
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry		Shōichi Nakagawa	R	September 22, 2003 - October 31, 2005
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism		Kazuo Kitagawa	R	September 27, 2004 - September 26, 2006
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs		Yuriko Koike	R	September 22, 2003 - September 26, 2006
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister for Gender Equality		Hiroyuki Hosoda	R	May 7, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Director of the National Public Safety Commission Minister for Disaster Management Minister of State for National Emergency Legislation		Yoshitaka Murata	R	September 27, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Director of the Japan Defense Agency		Yoshinori Ohno	R	September 27, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Minister of State for Financial Services		Tatsuya Ito	R	September 27, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services		Heizō Takenaka	C	April 26, 2001 - October 31, 2005
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan Minister of State for Administrative Reform Minister of State for Special Zones for Structural Reform Minister of State for Regional Revitalization		Seiichiro Murakami	R	September 27, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Minister of State (Science and Technology Policy) Minister of State for Food Protection Minister of State for Information Technology		Yasufumi Tanahashi	R	September 27, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Deputy Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives)		Seiken Sugiura	R	May 7, 2004 - October 31, 2005
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors)		Masaaki Yamazaki	C	September 22, 2003 - October 31, 2005
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)		Masahiro Futahashi	-	September 22, 2003 - September 26, 2006

Reshuffled cabinet

Third Koizumi Cabinet (Reshuffle Cabinet)
89th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, October 31, 2005
Date formed	October 31, 2005
Date dissolved	September 26, 2006
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Akihito
Head of government	Junichiro Koizumi
Member party	LDP-NKP coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-NKP Coalition Supermajority HoC: LDP-NKP Coalition majority
Opposition party	Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader	Seiji Maehara (until April 7, 2006) Ichirō Ozawa (from April 7, 2006)
History
Election	2005 general election
Predecessor	Third Koizumi Cabinet
Successor	First Abe Cabinet

Third Koizumi Cabinet from October 31, 2005 to September 26, 2006

Portfolio	Minister			Term of office
Prime Minister		Junichiro Koizumi	R	April 26, 2001 - September 26, 2006
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services		Heizō Takenaka	C	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Minister of Justice		Seiken Sugiura	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Tarō Asō	R	October 31, 2005 - August 27, 2007
Minister of Finance		Sadakazu Tanigaki	R	September 22, 2003 - September 26, 2006
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology		Kenji Kosaka	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare		Jirō Kawasaki	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries		Shōichi Nakagawa	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry		Toshihiro Nikai	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism		Kazuo Kitagawa	R	September 27, 2004 - September 26, 2006
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems		Yuriko Koike	R	September 22, 2003 - September 26, 2006
Chief Cabinet Secretary		Shinzō Abe	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Director of the National Public Safety Commission Minister for Disaster Management Minister of State for National Emergency Legislation		Tetsuo Kutsukake	C	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Director of the Japan Defense Agency		Fukushiro Nukaga	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Financial Services		Kaoru Yosano	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Minister of State for Administrative Reform Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister of State for Special Zones for Structural Reform Minister of State for Regional Revitalization		Kouki Chuma	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Minister of State (Science and Technology Policy) Minister of State for Food Protection Minister of State for Information Technology		Iwao Matsuda	C	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs		Kuniko Inoguchi	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Deputy Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives)		Jinen Nagase	R	October 31, 2005 - September 26, 2006
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors)		Seiji Suzuki	C	October 31, 2005 - August 27, 2007
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)		Masahiro Futahashi	-	September 22, 2003 - September 26, 2006

References

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External links

Pages at the Kantei (English website):

• Koizumi Administration
• List of Ministers
• (Reshuffled)