Fifth Yoshida Cabinet

51st Cabinet of Japan
Date formedMay 21, 1953
Date dissolvedDecember 10, 1954
People and organisations
EmperorShōwa
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Deputy Prime MinisterTaketora Ogata
Member partyLiberal Party
Status in legislatureHouse of Representatives: Minority
House of Councillors: Minority
Opposition partiesKaishintō
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
PredecessorFourth Yoshida Cabinet
SuccessorFirst 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

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)

Chief Cabinet Secretary

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
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ "Fifth Yoshida Cabinet". Prime Minister's Official Residence.
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