Cabinet Obuchi

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Cabinet Obuchi
84th Japanese cabinet
dai-84-dai naikaku
The cabinet after the inauguration ceremony for the ministers
Prime Minister
Naikaku Sōri-Daijin 		Keizo Obuchi
Legislative period 143-144 Kokkai
(41st Shūgiin , 18th Sangiin )
Appointed by Emperor Akihito
education July 30, 1998
The End January 14, 1999
Duration 0 years and 168 days
predecessor Hashimoto II cabinet (reshuffle)
successor Obuchi Cabinet (1st transformation)
composition
Party (s) LDP
minister 22 (1 resignation)
State Secretaries 3 parliamentary deputy chiefs of the cabinet secretariat
24 "parliamentary deputy ministers"
representation
Shūgiin
263/498

(7/30/1998)
Sangiin
104/252

(19.1.1999)
Opposition leader Naoto Kan (Shūgiin, DPJ )

The Obuchi cabinet ( Japanese 小 渕 内閣 Obuchi naikaku ) ruled Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi from July 30, 1998 until a cabinet reshuffle on January 14, 1999.

After the resignation of Ryutaro Hashimoto as chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Prime Minister due to the majority of the loss of the LDP in the Sangiin election in July 1998,  Obuchi was on 24 July 1998 party chairman elected from and on July 30, Parliament appointed Prime Minister after the LDP with their majority in Shugiin the result of Sangiin that the DPJ chairpersons Naoto Kan chose had overruled.

Minister of State

Obuchi Cabinet - from July 30, 1998 to 1st cabinet reshuffle on January 14, 1999
Office Surname image Political party Faction
prime minister Keizo Obuchi Keizo Obuchi LDP ( Obuchi )
Minister of Justice Shōzaburō Nakamura Shōzaburō Nakamura LDP Mitsuzuka
Foreign minister Masahiko Kōmura Masahiko Kōmura LDP Kōmoto
Finance minister Miyazawa Kiichi Miyazawa Kiichi LDP Miyazawa
Minister of Education Akito Arima Akito Arima -
Minister of Health and Social Affairs Sōhei Miyashita Sōhei Miyashita LDP Mitsuzuka
Minister for Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries Shōichi Nakagawa Shōichi Nakagawa LDP Mitsuzuka
Minister for International Trade and Industry Kaoru Yosano Kaoru Yosano LDP Watanabe
Minister of transport Jirō Kawasaki Jirō Kawasaki LDP Miyazawa
Minister of Post Seiko Noda Seiko Noda LDP Kōmoto
Minister of Labor Akira Amari Akira Amari LDP Watanabe
Building minister Katsutsugu Sekiya Katsutsugu Sekiya LDP Watanabe
Minister of the Interior,
Chairman of the National Public Security Commission 		Mamoru Nishida Mamoru Nishida  LDP Obuchi
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka Hiromu Nonaka LDP Obuchi
Head of the Authority for Management and Coordination Seiichi Ōta Seiichi Ōta LDP Miyazawa
Head of Defense Fukushirō Nukaga
until November 20, 1998 		Fukushirō Nukaga  LDP Obuchi
Hōsei Norota
from November 20, 1998 		Hōsei Norota LDP Obuchi
Head of the Economic Planning Office Taichi Sakaiya Taichi Sakaiya - -
Head of Science and Technology Authority Yutaka Takeyama Yutaka Takeyama  LDP Obuchi
Head of the Environment Agency Kenji Manabe Kenji Manabe LDP Miyazawa
Head of State Land Authority Hakuo Yanagisawa
until October 23, 1998 		Hakuo Yanagisawa LDP Miyazawa
Kichio Inoue
from October 23, 1998 		Kichio Inoue LDP Obuchi
Head of the Hokkaidō Development Agency
Head of the Okinawa Development Agency 		Kichio Inoue Kichio Inoue LDP Obuchi
Minister of State for the Reform of the Financial
System October 23, 1998 - December 15, 1998
Chairman of the Commission for the Reform of the Financial System
from December 15, 1998 		Hakuo Yanagisawa Hakuo Yanagisawa LDP Miyazawa

Note: The prime minister and party leader does not officially belong to any political group during his term of office.

resignation

  • The head of the defense authority, Fukushirō Nukaga, resigned on November 20, 1998 after a successful motion of no confidence against him in the Sangiin.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ shugiin.go.jp - Activities of the Shūgiin 1999 No. 7, 143. Kokkai (extraordinary) , accessed on August 17, 2018
  2. ↑ sangiin.go.jp - Membership numbers of the political groups ( Memento of February 20, 1999 in the Internet Archive )

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