Cabinet Suzuki Kantarō

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The cabinet Suzuki Kantarō ( Japanese 鈴木 貫 太郎 内閣 , Suzuki Kantarō naikaku) ruled Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Suzuki Kantarō from April 7, 1945 to August 17, 1945.

Suzuki Kantarō replaced Koiso Kuniaki as Prime Minister and headed the government as the 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (29th incumbent). The situation in Japan was already catastrophic and the cabinet was split between a desire for peace and a final struggle in the Japanese homeland. The cabinet even tried unsuccessfully to win Russia as a peace broker.

After the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, the cabinet accepted the Potsdam Declaration and unconditional surrender. Suzuki resigned on August 17th.

Suzuki Kantarō Cabinet - April 7, 1945 to August 17, 1945.
Office Surname Chamber (constituency) fraction
prime minister Suzuki Kantaro
Foreign minister Suzuki Kantarō until April 9, 1945
Shigemitsu Mamoru until August 17, 1945
Interior minister Abe Genki
Finance minister Hirose Toyosaku
Army Minister Anami Korechika
Naval Minister Yonai Mitsumasa
Minister of Justice Matsuzaka Hiromasa
Minister of Education Ōta Kōzō
Minister of Agriculture and Industry Ishiguro Tadaatsu
Munitions Minister Toyoda Teijirō
Minister for Transport and Communication Toyoda Teijirō until April 11, 1945
Kobiyama Naoto until it was dissolved on May 19, 1945
Minister of Transport since May 19, 1945 Kobiyama Naoto until August 17, 1945
Greater East Asia Minister Suzuki Kantarō until April 9, 1945
Tōgō Shigenoru until August 17, 1945
Ministry of Welfare Okada Tadahiko
Minister of State Sakurai Heigorō
Shimomur Hiroshi
Sakonji Masazo
Yasui Tōji April 11 to August 17, 1945

Other positions

Office Surname
Chief Cabinet Secretary Sakomizu Hisatsune
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, Suzuki is the family name, Kantarō the first name.

literature

  • Hunter, Janet: Suzuki Kantarō Cabinet . In: Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Kodansha International, 1984. ISBN 4-7700-1193-8 . P. 290.
  • Hunter, Janet: Suzuki Kantarō 1868-1948 . In: Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Kodansha International, 1984. ISBN 4-7700-1193-8 . P. 216.

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