Cabinet Yoshida I

Cabinet Yoshida I
45th Cabinet 第 45 代 内閣 daiyonjūgo-dai naikaku
Prime Minister Naikaku Sōri-Daijin	Yoshida Shigeru
choice	By-elections to both chambers
Legislative period	90th-92nd Parliament (8th Upper House , 22nd Lower House )
Appointed by	Shōwa-tennō
education	May 22, 1946
The End	January 31, 1947
Duration	0 years and 254 days
predecessor	Shidehara cabinet
successor	Cabinet Yoshida I (reshuffle)
composition
Party (s)	LPJ , FPJ
minister	15th
representation
House of Lords	? / 335
House of Commons	? / 466

The 1st Yoshida Cabinet ( Japanese 第 1 次 吉田 内閣 daiichiji Yoshida naikaku ) ruled Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru from May 22, 1946, in this form until the cabinet reshuffle on January 31, 1947 . For the elections to Shugiin, the lower house, on April 10, 1946 which was Liberal Party of Japan of Hatoyama Ichiro emerged as the strongest party. However, this could not fulfill his mandate given by the Tennō to form the government as prime minister because of the ban on office of the occupation authorities ( SCAP ) imposed in April 1946 . At Hatoyama's request, Yoshida Shigeru took over the party leadership and the formation of a government. Yoshida was entrusted by the Tennō on May 16, 1946 with the formation of a government and formed a coalition with the "Progressive Party of Japan" ( Nihon Shinpotō ). The ministers of state were appointed on May 22, 1946.

1. Yoshida Cabinet - from May 22, 1946 until the cabinet reshuffle on January 31, 1947

Office	Surname	chamber	Parliamentary group / party
Prime Minister Foreign Minister First Minister of Demobilization until June 15, 1946 Second Minister of Demobilization until June 15, 1946	Yoshida Shigeru	House of Lords	Liberal Party of Japan
Interior minister	Ōmura Seiichi	-	-
Finance minister	Ishibashi Tanzan	House of Commons	Liberal Party of Japan
Minister of State until June 15, 1946 Head of the demobilization authority from June 15, 1946	Baron Shidehara Kijūrō	House of Lords	Progressive Party of Japan
Minister of Justice	Kimura Tokurō	-	-
Minister of Education	Tanaka Kōtaro	-	-
Minister for Health and Social Affairs	Kawai Yoshinari	House of Lords	Dōseikai
Minister for Agriculture and Forests	Wada Hiroo	-	-
Minister for Trade and Industry	Hoshijima Nirō	House of Commons	Liberal Party of Japan
Minister of transport	Hiratsuka Tsunejirō	House of Commons	Liberal Party of Japan
Minister of State until July 1, 1946 Minister of Communications from July 1, 1946	Hitotsumatsu Sadayoshi	House of Commons	Progressive Party of Japan
Minister of State until August 12, 1946 Head of the “Main Office for Economic Stability” ( 経 済 安定 本部 ) from August 12, 1946 Head of the Price Authority from August 12, 1946	Zen Keinosuke	House of Lords	Kenkyūkai
Minister of State until October 28, 1946 Head of the “Administrative Investigation Department” ( 行政 調査 部 総 裁 ) from October 28, 1946	Saitō Takao	House of Lords	Progressive Party of Japan
Minister of State	Uehara etsujirō Kanamori Tokujirō	House of Lords	Dōseikai

Web links

• Kantei , 昭和 20 年代 か ら 40 年代 前 の 内閣 閣僚 名簿 : 第 １ 次 吉田 内閣

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yoshida is the family name, Shigeru the first name.