Cabinet Konoe II

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The Konoe II cabinet ( Japanese 第二 次 近衛 内閣 Dainiji Konoe naikaku ) ruled Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro from July 22, 1940 to July 18, 1941.

Konoe II cabinet - from July 22, 1940 to July 18, 1941.
Office Surname Chamber (constituency) fraction
prime minister Konoe Fumimaro
Foreign minister Matsuoka Yosuke
Interior minister Yasui Eiji until December 21, 1940
Hiranuma Kiichiō until July 18, 1941
Finance minister Kawada Isao
Army Minister Tōjō Hideki
Naval Minister Yoshida Zengo until September 5, 1940
Oikawa Koshirō until July 18, 1941
Minister of Justice Kazami Akira until December 21, 1940
Yanagawa Heisuke until July 18, 1941
Minister of Education Hashida Kunihiko
Minister for Agriculture and Forests Konoe Fumimaro until July 24, 1940
Ishiguro Tadaatsu until June 11, 1941
Ino Tetsuya until July 18, 1941
Minister for Industry and Trade Kobayashi Ichizō until April 4, 1941
Toyoda Tejirō until July 18, 1941
Minister of Communication Murata Shozo
Railway Minister Murata Shōzō until September 28, 1940
Ogawa Gōtarō until July 18, 1941
Colonial minister Matsuoka Yosuke until September 28, 1940
Akita Kiyoshi until July 18, 1941
Ministry of Welfare Yasui Eiji until September 28, 1940
Kanemitsu Tsuneo until July 18, 1941
Minister of State Hiranuma Kiichirō December 6-21 , 1940
Hoshino Naoki December 6, 1940 to April 4, 1941
Oguara Masatsune April 2 to July 18, 1941
Suzuki Teiichi April 4th to July 18th 1941
Minister with no portfolio Hoshino Naoki
  1. ↑ Konoe was acting Foreign Minister from March 12 to April 22, 1941
  2. ↑ Kawada Isao was acting minister from August 31 to November 2, 1940

Other positions

Office Surname
Chief Cabinet Secretary Tomita Kenji
Head of the Legislative Office Murase Naokai
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Konoe is the family name, Fumimaro the first name.

literature

  • Hunter, Janet: First Konoe Cabinet . In: Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Kodansha International, 1984. ISBN 4-7700-1193-8 . P. 286.

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