Cabinet Name: | Ashida Cabinet |
Political Parties: | (Allied occupation) Japan Socialist Party Democratic Party National Cooperative Party |
Legislature Status: | Majority (coalition) |
Opposition Parties: | Liberal Party Japanese Communist Party Japan Farmers Party |
Legislature Term: | 2nd-3rd National Diet |
Predecessor: | Katayama Cabinet |
State Head: | Hirohito |
State Head Title: | Emperor |
Deputy Government Head: | Suehiro Nishio (until July 6, 1948) |
Government Head: | Hitoshi Ashida |
Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
Date Dissolved: | October 15, 1948 |
Date Formed: | March 10, 1948 |
Flag Border: | true |
Jurisdiction: | Japan |
Cabinet Number: | 47th |
Successor: | Second Yoshida Cabinet |
The Ashida Cabinet is the 47th Cabinet of Japan headed by Hitoshi Ashida from 10 March to 15 October 1948, during the Allied occupation.
Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | ||
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Prime Minister | Hitoshi Ashida | Democratic | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of StateDeputy Prime Minister | Suehiro Nishio | Socialist | March 10, 1948 | July 6, 1948 | ||
Attorney General | Suzuki Yoshio | Socialist | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Hitoshi Ashida | Democratic | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of Finance | Kitamura Tokutarō | Democratic | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of Education | Morito Tatsuo | Socialist | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of Health | Takeda Giichi | Democratic | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Nagae Kazuo | Socialist | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of Commerce and Industry | Mizutani Chōzaburō | Socialist | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of Transport | Okada Seiichi | National Cooperative | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of Communications | Tomiyoshi Eiji | Socialist | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of Labor | Katō Kanjū | Socialist | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of StateDirector-General of the Economic Stabilization Board Chair of the Price Board Director of the Central Economic Research Agency | Takeo Kurusu | Democratic | March 10, 1948 | October 2, 1948 | ||
Hitoshi Ashida (acting) | Democratic | October 2, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | |||
Minister of StatePresident of the Administrative Research Board (until July 1, 1948) Director of the Administrative Management Agency (from July 1, 1948) Director-General of the Board of Reparations | Funada Kyōji | National Cooperative | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of StatePresident of the Construction Board | Hitotsumatsu Sadayoshi | Democratic | March 10, 1948 | July 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of Construction | Hitotsumatsu Sadayoshi | Democratic | July 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of StateChairman of the Local Finance Committee | Nomizo Masaru | Socialist | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Minister of StateChief Cabinet Secretary | Tomabechi Gizō | Democratic | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Kiichi Arita | Democratic | March 15, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | ||
Fukushima Shintarō | Independent | March 15, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | |||
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