The Suga Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from 16 September 2020 to 4 October 2021.[1] The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.

Suga Cabinet

99th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 16, 2020
Date formedSeptember 16, 2020
Date dissolvedOctober 4, 2021
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Naruhito
Head of governmentPrime Minister Yoshihide Suga
Head of government's historyMember of the HoR for Kanagawa 2nd district (1996-)
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2006-2007)
Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012-2020)
Deputy head of governmentTarō Asō
Total no. of members27
Member partyLiberal DemocraticKomeito Coalition
Status in legislatureHoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition partyConstitutional Democratic Party
Opposition leaderYukio Edano
History
PredecessorFourth Abe Cabinet (Second Reshuffled)
SuccessorFirst Kishida Cabinet

Following his resignation, the Suga cabinet was dissolved on October 4, 2021, and replaced with the First Kishida Cabinet after being in office for 384 days.[2][3][4]

Election of the prime minister edit

16 September 2020
Absolute majority (233/465) required
House of Representatives
Choice First Vote
Votes
 YYoshihide Suga
314 / 465
Yukio Edano
134 / 465
Toranosuke Katayama
11 / 465
Nariaki Nakayama
2 / 465
Shinjiro Koizumi
1 / 465
Abstentions/vacant
3 / 465
Source[5]
16 September 2020
Absolute majority (123/245) required
House of Councillors
Choice First Vote
Votes
 YYoshihide Suga
142 / 245
Yukio Edano
78 / 245
Toranosuke Katayama
16 / 245
Takae Itō
1 / 245
Blank
3 / 245
Abstentions/vacant
5 / 245
Source[6]

Lists of ministers edit

  Liberal Democratic
  Komeito
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
B = Bureaucrat

Cabinet edit

Suga Cabinet[7][8][1]
Portfolio Minister Term Note
Prime Minister   Yoshihide Suga R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
  Tarō Asō R December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 [9][8][7][1]
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications   Ryota Takeda R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of Justice   Yōko Kamikawa R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister for Foreign Affairs   Toshimitsu Motegi R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of Defense   Nobuo Kishi R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding
  Koichi Hagiuda R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Minister in charge of Working-style Reform
  Norihisa Tamura R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries   Kōtarō Nogami C September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia
Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation
  Hiroshi Kajiyama R October 25, 2019 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
  Kazuyoshi Akaba R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Minister in charge of climate change (since March 9, 2021)
  Shinjiro Koizumi R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue
  Katsunobu Katō R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [9][8][7][1]
Minister of Reconstruction
Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
  Katsuei Hirasawa R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
Minister in charge of Territorial Issues
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Minister of State for Ocean Policy
  Hachiro Okonogi R September 16, 2020 – June 25, 2021
  Yasufumi Tanahashi R June 25, 2021 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Minister in charge of COVID-19 Vaccination (since January 18, 2021)
  Tarō Kōno R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens
Minister in charge of Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of Loneliness (since February 12, 2021)
  Tetsushi Sakamoto R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
  Yasutoshi Nishimura R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System
Minister in charge of Digital Transformation
Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy
  Takuya Hirai R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister of State for Gender Equality
  Seiko Hashimoto C September 11, 2019 – February 18, 2021 [10]
  Tamayo Marukawa C February 18, 2021 – October 4, 2021 [10]
Minister in charge of the Osaka World Expo
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for the Intellectual Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
  Shinji Inoue R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 [8][7][1]

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau edit

Suga Deputy Cabinet
Portfolio Deputy Minister Term Note
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary   Manabu Sakai R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
  Naoki Okada C September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
  Kazuhiro Sugita B December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 former: National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau   Masaharu Kondo B September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 former: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister edit

Office of the Prime Minister
Portfolio Adviser Term Note
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for National Security   Minoru Kihara R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Diplomacy and Economic Issues   Masashi Adachi C September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Social Capital Development, Regional Revitalization, National Resilience, Reconstruction, Health and Medical Care, Scientific and Technological Innovation   Hiroto Izumi B January 21, 2013 – October 4, 2021 from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in charge of Policy Evaluation and Verification   Meiji Kakizaki B October 1, 2020 – October 4, 2021 former journalist of Kyodo News

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Suga becomes Japan PM, forms continuity Cabinet as Abe era ends". Kyodo News. September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Resignation En Masse of the Suga Cabinet (The Prime Minister in Action) | Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet". japan.kantei.go.jp. Cabinet Public Relations Office. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Suga's Cabinet Resigns En Masse". Jiji Press. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Suga Cabinet resigns en masse after 384 days in office". the-japan-news.com. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. ^ @kokkai_news (September 16, 2020). "衆議院首班指名選挙 結果菅義偉        314票枝野幸男       134票片山虎之助      11票中山成彬       2票小泉進次郎      1票菅義偉氏が衆議院において首相に指名される" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ @kokkai_news (September 16, 2020). "参議院首班指名投票の結果菅義偉      142票枝野幸男     78票片山虎之助    16票伊藤孝恵     1票白票       3票参議院でも菅義偉氏が首相に指名される。衆参で同一人物が首相に指名されたため、菅義偉氏が第99代内閣総理大臣に就任へ" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Suga elected prime minister, retains eight Cabinet members". The Asahi Shimbun. September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet - The Cabinet". Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Health Minister Kato to be Chief Cabinet Secretary | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  10. ^ a b "LDP lawmaker Marukawa succeeds Hashimoto as Olympic minister". Kyodo News. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

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