Cabinet Matsukata II

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The Matsukata II cabinet ( Japanese 第 2 次 松 方 内閣 , Dainiji Matsukata naikaku ) ruled Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Matsukata from September 18, 1896 to January 12, 1898.

The Colonial Ministry (拓殖 省, Takushoku-shō), which existed under Matsukata only until September 2, 1897, was intended for the colonization of Taiwan.

2nd Matsukata Cabinet - September 18, 1896 to January 12, 1898.
Office Surname Chamber (constituency) fraction
prime minister Matsukata Masayoshi until April 13, 1897
Kuroda Kiyotaka until June 8, 1897
Matsukata Masayoshi until January 12, 1898
Foreign minister Saionji Kimmochi until September 22, 1896
Ōkuma Shigenobu until November 6, 1897
Nishi Tokujirō until January 12, 1898
Interior minister Itagaki Taisuke until September 20, 1896
Kabayama Sukenori until January 12, 1898
Finance minister Matsukata Masayoshi until January 12, 1898
Army Minister Ōyama Iwao until September 20, 1896
Takashima Tomonosuke January 12, 1898
Naval Minister Saigō Tsugumichi December 24, 1889
Minister of Justice Yoshikawa Akimasa September 26, 1896
Kiyoura Keigo January 12, 1898
Minister of Education Saionji Kimmochi until September 28, 1896
Hachisuka Mochiaki until November 6, 1897
Hamao Arata until January 12, 1898
Minister for Agriculture and Trade Enomoto Takeaki until March 29, 1889
Ōkuma Shigenobu until November 6, 1897
Yamada Nobuichi until January 12, 1898
Minister of Communication Shirane Sen'ichi until September 26, 1896
Nomura Yasushi until January 12, 1898
Colonial Ministry Takashima Tomonosuke until September 2, 1897

Other positions

Office Surname
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takahashi Kenzō until October 8, 1897
Hirayama Narinobu until January 12, 1898
Head of the Legislative Office Kōmuchi Tomotsune until October 28, 1897
Ume Kenjirō until January 12, 1898
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Matsukata is the family name, Masayoshi the first name.

literature

  • Hunter, Janet: Second Matsukata Cabinet . In: Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Kodansha International, 1984. ISBN 4-7700-1193-8 . P. 270.

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