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Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet

91st Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 26, 2007
Date formedSeptember 26, 2007
Date dissolvedAugust 2, 2008
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of governmentYasuo Fukuda
Member partyLDPNKP Coalition
Status in legislatureHoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition partyDemocratic Party of Japan
Opposition leaderIchirō Ozawa
History
Legislature term172th National Diet
PredecessorFirst Abe Cabinet
(Reshuffle)
SuccessorYasuo Fukuda Cabinet
(Reshuffle)

The Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from September 2007 to September 2008.[citation needed] The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.

Background

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Election of the prime minister

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Lists of ministers

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  Liberal Democratic
  New Komeito
  Independent
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors

Cabinet

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Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet from September 26, 2007 to August 2, 2008
Portfolio Minister Term of office
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda R September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Decentralization Reform
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization, Regional Government (doshu-sei)
Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services
Hiroya Masuda August 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Justice Kunio Hatoyama R August 27, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Foreign Affairs Masahiko Kōmura R September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Finance Fukushiro Nukaga R August 27, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Kisaburo Tokai R September 26, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Yōichi Masuzoe C 27 August 2007 – 16 September 2009
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Masatoshi Wakabayashi C September 3, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari R September 26, 2006 – August 2, 2008
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister for Ocean Policy
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba R September 26, 2006 – August 2, 2008
Minister of the Environment
Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems
Ichirō Kamoshita R August 27, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Minister of Defense Shigeru Ishiba R September 26, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
Nobutaka Machimura R September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister of State for Disaster Management and Food Safety
Shinya Izumi C August 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Innovation
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister of State for Social Affairs and Food Safety
Fumio Kishida R September 26, 2006 – August 2, 2008
Minister of State for Financial Services and Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
Yoshimi Watanabe R August 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Hiroko Ōta September 26, 2006 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs
Minister of State for Public Records Management and National Archives
Yōko Kamikawa R September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives) Matsushige Ono R August 27, 2007 – August 2, 2008
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors) Mitsuhide Iwaki C August 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) Masahiro Futahashi September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008

Reshuffled cabinet

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Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet
(Reshuffle)

91st Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, August 2, 2008
Date formedAugust 2, 2008
Date dissolvedSeptember 24, 2008
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of governmentYasuo Fukuda
Member partyLDPNKP Coalition
Status in legislatureHoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition partyDemocratic Party of Japan
Opposition leaderIchirō Ozawa
History
Legislature term172th National Diet
PredecessorYasuo Fukuda Cabinet
SuccessorAsō Cabinet
Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet from August 2, 2008 to September 24, 2008
Portfolio Minister Term of office
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda R September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Decentralization Reform
Minister of State for Correcting Regional Disparities
Minister of State for Regional Government (doshu-sei)
Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services
Hiroya Masuda August 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Justice Okiharu Yasuoka R August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Foreign Affairs Masahiko Kōmura R September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Finance Bunmei Ibuki R August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Tsuneo Suzuki R August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Yōichi Masuzoe C August 27, 2007 – September 26, 2009
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Seiichi Ota R August 2, 2008 – September 19, 2008
Nobutaka Machimura R September 19, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai R August 2, 2008 – September 16, 2009
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister for Ocean Policy
Sadakazu Tanigaki R August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of the Environment Tetsuo Saito R August 2, 2008 – September 16, 2009
Minister of Defense Yoshimasa Hayashi C August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura R September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Motoo Hayashi R August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister of State for Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
Toshimitsu Motegi R August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Kaoru Yosano R August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Food Safety
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs
Minister of State for Space Policy
Seiko Noda R August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality
Minister of State for Public Records Management and National Archives
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
Kyoko Nakayama C August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives) Ryu Shionoya R August 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors) Mitsuhide Iwaki C August 27, 2007 – September 24, 2008
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) Masahiro Futahashi September 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008

References

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