The Ashida Cabinet is the 47th Cabinet of Japan headed by Hitoshi Ashida from 10 March to 15 October 1948, during the Allied occupation.
Ashida Cabinet | |
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 47th Cabinet of Japan | |
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| Date formed | March 10, 1948 |
| Date dissolved | October 15, 1948 |
| People and organisations | |
| Emperor | Hirohito |
| Prime Minister | Hitoshi Ashida |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Suehiro Nishio (until July 6, 1948) |
| Member parties | (Allied occupation) Japan Socialist Party Democratic Party National Cooperative Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) |
| Opposition parties | Liberal Party Japanese Communist Party Japan Farmers Party |
| History | |
| Legislature term | 2nd-3rd National Diet |
| Predecessor | Katayama Cabinet |
| Successor | Second Yoshida Cabinet |
Cabinet
edit| 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 State | 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 State
Director-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 State
President 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 State
President 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 State
Chairman of the Local Finance Committee |
Nomizo Masaru | Socialist | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | |
| Minister of State | 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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