Second Konoe Cabinet
Second Konoe Cabinet | |
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38th Cabinet of Japan | |
Date formed | July 22, 1940 |
Date dissolved | July 18, 1941 |
People and organisations | |
Emperor | Shōwa |
Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
Member parties | Rikken Minseitō (until October 12, 1940) Rikken Seiyūkai (until October 12, 1940) Kokumin Dōmei (until October 12, 1940) Imperial Rule Assistance Association (from October 12, 1940) Independent Military |
Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) (until October 12, 1940) One-party government (since October 12, 1940) |
History | |
Legislature term | 76th Imperial Diet |
Predecessor | Yonai Cabinet |
Successor | Third Konoe Cabinet |
The Second Konoe Cabinet is the 38th Cabinet of Japan led by Fumimaro Konoe from July 22, 1940 to July 18, 1941.[1]
Cabinet
Ministers | |||||
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Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
Prime Minister | Prince Fumimaro Konoe | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | July 22, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Yōsuke Matsuoka | Independent | July 22, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | |
Minister of Home Affairs | Yasui Eiji | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | July 22, 1940 | December 21, 1940 | |
Baron Hiranuma Kiichirō | Independent | December 21, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | ||
Minister of Finance | Kawada Isao | Independent | July 22, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | |
Minister of the Army | Hideki Tojo | Military (Army) | July 22, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | |
Minister of the Navy | Zengo Yoshida | Military (Navy) | July 22, 1940 | September 5, 1940 | |
Koshirō Oikawa | Military (Navy) | September 5, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | ||
Minister of Justice | Akira Kazami | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | July 22, 1940 | December 21, 1940 | |
Heisuke Yanagawa | Military (Army) | December 21, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | ||
Minister of Education | Kunihiko Hashida | Independent | July 22, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | |
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Prince Fumimaro Konoe | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | July 22, 1940 | July 24, 1940 | |
Tadaatsu Ishiguro | Independent | July 24, 1940 | June 11, 1941 | ||
Hiroya Ino | Independent | June 11, 1941 | July 18, 1941 | ||
Minister of Commerce and Industry | Ichizō Kobayashi | Independent | July 24, 1940 | April 4, 1941 | |
Teijirō Toyoda | Military (Navy) | April 4, 1941 | July 18, 1941 | ||
Minister of Communications | Shōzō Murata | Independent | July 22, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | |
Minister of Railways | Shōzō Murata | Independent | July 22, 1940 | September 28, 1940 | |
Gōtarō Ogawa | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | September 28, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | ||
Minister of Colonial Affairs | Yōsuke Matsuoka | Independent | July 22, 1940 | September 28, 1940 | |
Kiyoshi Akita | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | September 28, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | ||
Minister of Health | Yasui Eiji | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | July 22, 1940 | September 28, 1940 | |
Tsuneo Kanemitsu | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | September 28, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | ||
Minister without portfolio | Naoki Hoshino | Independent | July 22, 1940 | December 6, 1940 | |
Minister of State | Baron Hiranuma Kiichirō | Independent | December 6, 1940 | December 21, 1940 | |
Minister of State | Naoki Hoshino | Independent | December 6, 1940 | April 4, 1941 | |
Minister of State | Masatsune Ogura | Independent | April 4, 1941 | July 18, 1941 | |
Minister of State | Teiichi Suzuki | Military (Army) | April 4, 1941 | July 18, 1941 | |
Chief Cabinet Secretary | Kenji Tomita | Independent | July 22, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | |
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Murase Naokai | Independent | July 22, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | |
Source:[2] |
References
- ^ "Topics - A Window into the Early Showa Period". www.jacar.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Second Konoe Cabinet". Prime Minister's Official Residence.