Ashida Cabinet

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 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

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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