Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet

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Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet
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91st Cabinet of Japan
26 September 200724 September 2008
Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet 20070926.jpg
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 26, 2007
Date formedSeptember 26, 2007
Date dissolvedSeptember 24, 2008
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of government Yasuo Fukuda
Member party LDPNKP Coalition
Status in legislatureHoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader Ichirō Ozawa
History
Legislature term172th National Diet
Predecessor First Abe Cabinet
Successor Asō Cabinet

The Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from September 2007 to September 2008.[ citation needed ] 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.

Contents

Background

Election of the prime minister

Lists of ministers

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

Cabinet

Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet from September 26, 2007 to August 2, 2008
PortfolioMinisterTerm of office
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda RSeptember 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Decentralization Reform
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization, Regional Government (doshu-sei)
Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services
Hiroya Masuda August 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Justice Kunio Hatoyama RAugust 27, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Foreign Affairs Masahiko Kōmura RSeptember 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Finance Fukushiro Nukaga RAugust 27, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Kisaburo Tokai RSeptember 26, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Yōichi Masuzoe C27 August 2007 – 16 September 2009
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Masatoshi Wakabayashi CSeptember 3, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari RSeptember 26, 2006 – August 2, 2008
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister for Ocean Policy
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba RSeptember 26, 2006 – August 2, 2008
Minister of the Environment
Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems
Ichirō Kamoshita RAugust 27, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Defense Shigeru Ishiba RSeptember 26, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
Nobutaka Machimura RSeptember 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister of State for Disaster Management and Food Safety
Shinya Izumi CAugust 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Innovation
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister of State for Social Affairs and Food Safety
Fumio Kishida RSeptember 26, 2006 – August 2, 2008
Minister of State for Financial Services and Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
Yoshimi Watanabe RAugust 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Hiroko Ōta September 26, 2006 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs
Minister of State for Public Records Management and National Archives
Yōko Kamikawa RSeptember 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives) Matsushige Ono RAugust 27, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors) Mitsuhide Iwaki CAugust 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) Masahiro Futahashi September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008

Reshuffled cabinet

Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet
(Reshuffle)
Flag of Japan.svg
91st Cabinet of Japan
Fukuda Government 20080802.jpg
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, August 2, 2008
Date formedAugust 2, 2008
Date dissolvedSeptember 24, 2008
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of government Yasuo Fukuda
Member party LDPNKP Coalition
Status in legislatureHoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader Ichirō Ozawa
History
Legislature term172th National Diet
Predecessor Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet
Successor Asō Cabinet
Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet from August 2, 2008 to September 24, 2008
PortfolioMinisterTerm of office
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda RSeptember 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Decentralization Reform
Minister of State for Correcting Regional Disparities
Minister of State for Regional Government (doshu-sei)
Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services
Hiroya Masuda August 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Justice Okiharu Yasuoka RAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Foreign Affairs Masahiko Kōmura RSeptember 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Finance Bunmei Ibuki RAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Tsuneo Suzuki RAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Yōichi Masuzoe CAugust 27, 2007 – September 26, 2009
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Seiichi Ota RAugust 2, 2008 – September 19, 2008
Nobutaka Machimura RSeptember 19, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai RAugust 2, 2008 – September 16, 2009
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister for Ocean Policy
Sadakazu Tanigaki RAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of the Environment Tetsuo Saito RAugust 2, 2008 – September 16, 2009
Minister of Defense Yoshimasa Hayashi CAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura RSeptember 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Motoo Hayashi RAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister of State for Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
Toshimitsu Motegi RAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Kaoru Yosano RAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Food Safety
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs
Minister of State for Space Policy
Seiko Noda RAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality
Minister of State for Public Records Management and National Archives
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
Kyoko Nakayama CAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives) Ryu Shionoya RAugust 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors) Mitsuhide Iwaki CAugust 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) Masahiro Futahashi September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008

References

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