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

47th Cabinet of Japan
Date formedMarch 10, 1948
Date dissolvedOctober 15, 1948
People and organisations
EmperorHirohito
Prime MinisterHitoshi Ashida
Deputy Prime MinisterSuehiro Nishio
(until July 6, 1948)
Member parties(Allied occupation)
Japan Socialist Party
Democratic Party
National Cooperative Party
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
Opposition partiesLiberal Party
Japanese Communist Party
Japan Farmers Party
History
Legislature term2nd-3rd National Diet
PredecessorKatayama Cabinet
SuccessorSecond Yoshida Cabinet

Cabinet

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Portfolio Name Political party Term start Term end
Prime Minister Hitoshi Ashida Democratic March 10, 1948 October 15, 1948
Minister of State

Deputy Prime Minister

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

Chief Cabinet Secretary

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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References

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  1. ^ "Ashida Cabinet". Prime Minister's Official Residence.