The First Kaifu Cabinet is the 76th Cabinet of Japan headed by Toshiki Kaifu from August 10, 1989, to February 28, 1990.[1] Kaifu succeed at promoting two women as ministers and defying Takeshita faction's demand of reappointment of Uno cabinet members, but had to follow factional balance: Takeshita faction has given five ministries, while Abe, Miyazawa and Nakasone factions each received four. Komoto faction, Kaifu's own, only got two ministries.

First Kaifu Cabinet

76th Cabinet of Japan
Date formedAugust 10, 1989
Date dissolvedFebruary 28, 1990
People and organisations
EmperorAkihito
Prime MinisterToshiki Kaifu
Member party  Liberal Democratic Party
Status in legislatureMajority government (Lower House)
300 / 512 (59%)
Opposition parties
History
Election39th general election (1990)
PredecessorUno Cabinet
SuccessorSecond Kaifu Cabinet

Cabinet

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Portfolio Minister Special mission etc. Note
Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu Komoto faction
Minister of Justice Masao Gotō Independent
Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Nakayama Abe faction
Minister of Finance Ryutaro Hashimoto Takeshita faction
Minister of Education Kazuya Ishibashi National Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member Abe faction
Minister of Health Saburō Toida In charge of Pension issues Takeshita faction
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Michihiko Kano Abe faction
Minister of International Trade and Industry Hikaru Matsunaga Nakasone faction
Minister of Transport Takami Eto In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues Nakasone faction
Minister of Posts Senpachi Ōishi Nakasone faction
Minister of Labor Jōji Fukushima Independent
Minister of Construction Shōzō Harada Miyazawa faction
Minister of Home Affairs
Chair of the National Public Safety Commission
Kōzō Watanabe Takeshita faction
Chief Cabinet Secretary Tokuo Yamashita Komoto faction, Resigned on August 25, 1989
Mayumi Moriyama First female officeholder Komoto faction, Appointed on August 25, 1989
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency Kiyoshi Mizuno Miyazawa faction
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency
Fumio Abe Miyazawa faction
Director of the Defense Agency Jūrō Matsumoto Abe faction
Director of the Economic Planning Agency Sumiko Takahara Non-legislator
Director of the Science and Technology Agency Eizaburō Saitō Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission Independent
Director of the Environment Agency Mayumi Moriyama Komoto faction, Resigned on August 25, 1989
Setsu Shiga Komoto faction, Appointed on August 25, 1989
Director of the National Land Agency Hajime Ishii In charge of Land Measures
for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition
Takeshita faction
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Atsuo Kudō
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (for Political Affairs) Setsu Shiga Resigned on August 25, 1989
Takao Fujimoto Appointed on August 25, 1989
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (for General Affairs) Nobuo Ishihara
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References

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  1. ^ a b "第76代 海部 俊樹|歴代内閣". Prime Minister's Official Residence. Retrieved 8 October 2023.