Cabinet Yoshida III

The 3rd Yoshida Cabinet ruled Japan from February 16, 1949 until the cabinet reshuffle on June 28, 1950. It was formed by Yoshida Shigeru after the general election on January 23, 1949 , after he was re-elected as Prime Minister on February 11 . In addition to representatives of the previous coalition factions, the Democratic-Liberal Party and the Ryokufūkai , the cabinet also included two ministers from the Democratic Party who, in the dispute over cooperation with the government, form a "coalition faction" ( 連立派renritsu-ha ) and an "opposition faction" ( 野党派yatō-ha ) had split. In February 1950, the MPs joined the coalition faction of the Democratic-Liberal Party, which was henceforth called the Liberal Party.

**3. Yoshida cabinet** - from February 16, 1949 to June 28, 1950
Office	Surname	chamber	fraction
Prime Minister Foreign Minister	Yoshida Shigeru	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Deputy Prime Minister	Hayashi Jōji	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Finance minister	Ikeda Hayato	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Head of the judicial authority	Ueda Shunkichi	-	-
Minister of Education	Takase Sōtarō Amano Teiyū from May 6, 1950	Sangiin -	Ryokufūkai -
Minister for Health and Social Affairs	Hayashi Jōji	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Minister for Agriculture and Forests	Mori Kōtaro	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Minister for Trade and Industry until May 25, 1949 Minister for International Trade and Industry from May 25, 1949	Inagaki Heitarō Ikeda Hayato from February 17, 1950 Takase Sōtarō from April 11, 1950	Sangiin Shūgiin Sangiin	Democratic Party Democratic-Liberal Party → Ryokufūkai Liberal Party
Minister of transport	Ōya Shinzō	Sangiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Communications Minister until June 1, 1949 Minister of Post from June 1, 1949	Ozawa Saeki	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Minister for Telecommunications from May 25, 1949	Ozawa Saeki	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Minister of Labor	Suzuki Masafumi	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Building minister	Masutani Shūji Masuda Kaneshichi from May 6, 1950	Shūgiin Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party Liberal Party
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Masuda Kaneshichi Okazaki Katsuo from May 6, 1950	Shūgiin Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party Liberal Party
Head of the “Main Office for Economic Stability” ( 経済安定本部 ) Head of the “Central Economic Investigation Authority ” ( 中央経済調査庁 ) Head of the Price Authority	Aoki Takayoshi	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Head of the Administrative Oversight Authority	Honda Ichirō	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Head of the Reparations Authority	Higai Senzō Yamaguchi Kikuichirō from March 11, 1949	Shūgiin Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Chairman of the Commission for Regional Finances until June 1, 1949 Head of the “Authority for Regional Self-Government” ( 地方自治庁 ) from June 1, 1949	Kimura Kozaemon Honda Ichirō from January 24, 1950	Shūgiin Shūgiin	Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Head of the Hokkaidō Development Authority from June 1, 1949	Masuda Kaneshichi	Shūgiin	Democratic Liberal Party → Liberal Party
Minister of State	Yamaguchi Kikuichirō Higai Senzō from March 11, 1949 Masuda Kaneshichi June 24, 1949 to May 6, 1950	Shūgiin Shūgiin Shūgiin	Democratic-Liberal Party → Liberal Party Democratic-Liberal Party → Liberal Party Democratic-Liberal Party → Liberal Party

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