Fifth Yoshida Cabinet
Fifth Yoshida Cabinet | |
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 51st Cabinet of Japan | |
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| Date formed | May 21, 1953 |
| Date dissolved | December 10, 1954 |
| People and organisations | |
| Emperor | Shōwa |
| Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Taketora Ogata |
| Member party | Liberal Party |
| Status in legislature | House of Representatives: Minority House of Councillors: Minority |
| Opposition parties | Kaishintō Rightist Socialist Party of Japan Leftist Socialist Party of Japan Liberal Party–Hatoyama Japanese Communist Party Labourers and Farmers Party Ryokufūkai |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1953 general election |
| Legislature term(s) | 16th-18th National Diet |
| Predecessor | Fourth Yoshida Cabinet |
| Successor | First Ichirō Hatoyama Cabinet |
The Fifth Yoshida Cabinet was the 51st Cabinet of Japan. It was headed by Shigeru Yoshida from May 21, 1953 to December 10, 1954.
Cabinet[edit]
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Taketora Ogata | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Minister of Justice | Takeru Inukai | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | April 2, 1954 | |
| Katō Ryōgorō | Liberal | April 2, 1954 | June 19, 1954 | ||
| Naoshi Ohara | Liberal | June 19, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | ||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Katsuo Okazaki | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Minister of Finance | Ogasawara Sankurō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Minister of Education | Ōdachi Shigeo | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Minister of Health | Yamagata Katsumi | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | January 9, 1954 | |
| Kusaba Ryūen | Liberal | January 9, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | ||
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Uchida Nobuya | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | June 22, 1953 | |
| Shigeru Hori | Liberal | June 22, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | ||
| Minister of International Trade and Industry
Director of the Economic Deliberation Agency |
Okano Kiyohide | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | January 9, 1954 | |
| Kiichi Aichi | Liberal | January 9, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | ||
| Minister of Transport | Ishii Mitsujirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Minister of Posts
Director of the Administrative Management Agency Director of the Autonomy Agency |
Tsukada Juichirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Minister of Labor | Zentarō Kosaka | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Minister of Construction | Totsuka Kuichirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | June 16, 1954 | |
| Ozawa Saeki | Liberal | June 16, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | ||
| Director of the National Safety Agency | Kimura Tōkutarō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | July 1, 1954 | |
| Director of the Defense Agency | Kimura Tōkutarō | Liberal | July 1, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Chair of the National Public Safety Commission | Zentarō Kosaka | Liberal | July 1, 1954 | October 1, 1954 | |
| Naoshi Ohara | Liberal | October 1, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | ||
| Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency | Totsuka Kuichirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | January 14, 1954 | |
| Ōno Banboku | Liberal | January 14, 1954 | July 27, 1954 | ||
| Taketora Ogata | Liberal | July 27, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | ||
| Minister of State | Andō Masazumi | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | November 24, 1953 | |
| Minister of State | Ōno Banboku | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | January 14, 1954 | |
| Minister of State | Ōnogi Hidejirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Minister of State | Katō Ryōgorō | Liberal | January 9, 1954 | April 2, 1954 | |
| June 19, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | ||||
| Minister of State (from September 24, 1954) | Kenji Fukunaga | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Satō Tatsuo | Independent | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Tanaka Fuwazō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 | |
| Eguchi Mitoru | Independent | May 21, 1953 | June 30, 1954 | ||
| Taniguchi Yutaka | Independent | August 24, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | ||
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