Obuchi Cabinet (2nd reshuffle)

Obuchi Cabinet (2nd reshuffle)
84th Japanese Cabinet (2nd transformation) dai-84-dai naikaku (dai-2-ji-kaizō)
Prime Minister Naikaku Sōri-Daijin	Keizo Obuchi
Legislative period	146-147 Kokkai (41st Shūgiin , 18th  Sangiin )
Appointed by	Emperor Akihito
education	October 5, 1999
The End	April 5, 2000
Duration	0 years and 183 days
predecessor	Obuchi Cabinet (1st transformation)
successor	Cabinet Mori I
composition
Party (s)	LDP , Kōmeitō , LP → KP , ( KC )
minister	19 (1 resignation)
State Secretaries	1 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister 3 Parliamentary Vice-Heads of the Cabinet Secretariat 32 "Parliamentary Vice-Ministers"
representation
Shūgiin	356/500 (29.10.1999)
Sangiin	143/252 (14.1.2000)
Opposition leader	Yukio Hatoyama (Shūgiin, DPJ )

The cabinet, which was reorganized for the second time, Obuchi ( Japanese 小 渕 第 2 次 改造 内閣 Obuchi dainiji kaizō naikaku ) ruled Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi from October 5, 1999 to April 5, 2000. On September 21, 1999, Obuchi was the party chairman LDP was confirmed and then filled the leadership positions of the LDP and the cabinet. In addition, he had agreed with the Kōmeitō on their entry into the governing coalition of the LDP and Liberal Party . The Kaikaku Club (“Reform Club”) now also worked with the government, but did not provide a minister of state, but only a parliamentary state secretary (seimujikan) .

In March 2000 Ichirō Ozawa wanted to leave the coalition with his Liberal Party. However, some members, including Transport Minister Nikai, opposed him and wanted to continue cooperation. On April 1, 2000 you founded the Conservative Party . On the same day, Obuchi suffered a stroke and was replaced two days later by Chief Cabinet Secretary Aoki. The cabinet remained in office until Yoshirō Moris was elected LDP chairman and prime minister on April 5, 2000.

Minister of State

Remodeled Obuchi Cabinet - October 5, 1999 to April 5, 2000

Office	Surname	image	chamber	fraction	Faction
prime minister	Keizo Obuchi		Shūgiin	LDP	( Obuchi )
Minister of Justice	Hideo Usui		Shūgiin	LDP	Kōmoto
Foreign minister	Yōhei Kono		Shūgiin	LDP	Kono
Finance minister	Kiichi Miyazawa		Shūgiin	LDP	Kato
Minister of Education Head of Science and Technology Authority	Hirofumi Nakasone		Sangiin	LDP	Kamei
Minister of Health and Social Affairs	Yūya Niwa		Shūgiin	LDP	Kato
Minister for Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries	Tokuichirō Tamazawa		Shūgiin	LDP	Mori
Minister for International Trade and Industry	Takashi Fukaya		Shūgiin	LDP	Yamasaki
Minister of Transport Head of the Hokkaidō Development Authority	Toshihiro Nikai		Shūgiin	LP → KP	-
Post Minister	Eita Yashiro		Shūgiin	LDP	Obuchi
Minister of Labor	Takamori Makino		Shūgiin	LDP	Kamei
Minister of Construction Head of State Land Authority	Masaaki Nakayama		Shūgiin	LDP	Kamei
Minister of the Interior, Chairman of the National Public Security Commission	Kosuke Hori		Shūgiin	LDP	Obuchi
Chief Cabinet Secretary Head of the Okinawan Development Agency from April 3, 2000 on behalf of the Prime Minister	Mikio Aoki		Sangiin	LDP	Obuchi
Head of the Authority for Management and Coordination	Kunihiro Tsuzuki		Sangiin	Kōmeitō	-
Head of Defense	Tsutomu Kawara		Shūgiin	LDP	Kato
Head of the Economic Planning Office	Taichi Sakaiya		-	-	-
Head of the environmental agency	Kayoko Shimizu		Sangiin	LDP	Mori
Chairman of the Commission for Financial Reform	Michio Ochi (until February 25, 2000)		Shūgiin	LDP	Mori
	Sadakazu Tanigaki (from February 25, 2000)		Shūgiin	LDP	Mori

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

resignation

• The chairman of the Commission for the Reform of the Financial System, Michio Ochi, resigned on February 25, 2000 after controversial statements made to representatives of credit institutions .

Web links

• Kantei , 平 成 以降 の 内閣 閣僚 名簿 : 小 渕 内閣 第 2 次 改造 内閣

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Activities of the Shūgiin 2000 No. 8, 146. Kokkai (extraordinary). shugiin.go.jp; accessed on June 23, 2018
2. ↑ Membership figures of the political groups ( Memento of March 3, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) sangiin.go.jp
3. ↑ 辞 任 、 更迭… 志 半 ば で 大臣 の 座 を 去 っ た 政治家 た ち ( Memento from August 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )