Higashikuni Cabinet
Higashikuni Cabinet | |
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 43rd Cabinet of Japan | |
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| Date formed | August 17, 1945 |
| Date dissolved | October 9, 1945 |
| People and organisations | |
| Emperor | Hirohito |
| Prime Minister | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni |
| Member party | (Allied Occupation: 28 August 1945 - ) Independent Military |
| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) |
| History | |
| Legislature term(s) | 87th Imperial Diet |
| Predecessor | Kantarō Suzuki Cabinet |
| Successor | Shidehara Cabinet |
The Higashikuni Cabinet is the 43rd Cabinet of Japan led by Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni from August 17 to October 9, 1945.
The Allied occupation began on 28 August 1945 with maintaining the Japanese governing body, after the surrender of Japan.
Cabinet[edit]
| Ministers | |||||
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| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
| Prime Minister | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Imperial Family | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Mamoru Shigemitsu | Independent | August 17, 1945 | September 17, 1945 | |
| Shigeru Yoshida | Independent | September 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | ||
| Minister of Home Affairs | Iwao Yamazaki | Independent | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of Finance | Juichi Tsushima | Independent | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of the Army | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Imperial Family | August 17, 1945 | August 23, 1945 | |
| Sadamu Shimomura | Military (Army) | August 23, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | ||
| Minister of the Navy | Mitsumasa Yonai | Military (Navy) | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of Justice | Iwata Chūzō | Independent | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of Education | Matsumura Kenzō | Independent | August 17, 1945 | August 18, 1945 | |
| Maeda Tamon | Independent | August 18, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | ||
| Minister of Health | Matsumura Kenzō | Independent | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of Greater East Asia | Mamoru Shigemitsu | Independent | August 17, 1945 | August 26, 1945 | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | Sengoku Kōtarō | Independent | August 17, 1945 | August 26, 1945 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Sengoku Kōtarō | Independent | August 26, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of Munitions | Chikuhei Nakajima | Independent | August 17, 1945 | August 26, 1945 | |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Chikuhei Nakajima | Independent | August 26, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of Transport | Kobiyama Naoto | Independent | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of State | Prince Fumimaro Konoe | Independent | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of State | Taketora Ogata | Independent | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Minister of State | Obata Toshirō | Military (Army) | August 19, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Taketora Ogata | Independent | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Sōkichi Takagi | Military (Navy) | September 19, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Murase Naokai | Independent | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | |
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