Second Ōkuma Cabinet

The Second Ōkuma Cabinet is the 17th Cabinet of Japan led by Ōkuma Shigenobu from April 16, 1914, to October 9, 1916.

Second Ōkuma Cabinet
17th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu
Date formed	April 16, 1914
Date dissolved	October 9, 1916
People and organisations
Emperor	Taishō
Prime Minister	Ōkuma Shigenobu
Member party	HoR Blocs:   Rikken Dōshikai HoP Blocs:   Kōseikai
History
Election	1915 general election
Legislature terms	32nd Imperial Diet 33rd Imperial Diet 34th Imperial Diet 35th Imperial Diet 36th Imperial Diet 37th Imperial Diet
Predecessor	First Yamamoto Cabinet
Successor	Terauchi Cabinet

Cabinet

Ministers
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu		Rikken Dōshikai	April 16, 1914	October 9, 1916
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Baron Katō Takaaki		Rikken Dōshikai	April 16, 1914	August 10, 1915
Minister of Home Affairs	Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu		Rikken Dōshikai	April 16, 1914	January 7, 1915
	Viscount Ōura Kanetake		Military (Army)	January 7, 1915	July 30, 1915
	Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu		Rikken Dōshikai	July 30, 1915	October 13, 1915
Minister of Finance	Wakatsuki Reijirō		Rikken Dōshikai	April 16, 1914	August 10, 1915
Minister of the Army	Oka Ichinosuke		Military (Army)	April 16, 1914	March 30, 1916
Minister of the Navy	Yashiro Rokurō		Military (Navy)	April 16, 1914	August 10, 1915
Minister of Justice	Yukio Ozaki		Chūseikai	April 16, 1914	October 9, 1916
Minister of Education	Ichiki Kitokurō		Independent	April 16, 1914	August 10, 1915
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce	Viscount Ōura Kanetake		Military (Army)	April 16, 1914	January 7, 1915
	Kōno Hironaka		Rikken Dōshikai	January 7, 1915	October 9, 1916
Minister of Communications	Taketomi Tokitoshi		Rikken Dōshikai	April 16, 1914	August 10, 1915
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Egi Tasuku		Independent	April 16, 1914	October 9, 1916
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Kuratomi Yūzaburō		Independent	April 16, 1914	April 25, 1914
	Sakuye Takahashi		Independent	April 25, 1914	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs	Adachi Kenzō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 12, 1915
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs	Shimooka Chuji		Independent	July 2, 1915	August 12, 1915
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance	Hamaguchi Osachi		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 12, 1915
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army	Baron Manabe Akira		Military (Army)	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy	Hayami Seiji		Independent	July 2, 1915	August 21, 1915
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice	Daikichirō Tagawa		Chūseikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education	Kuwata Kumazo		Independent	July 2, 1915	August 21, 1915
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture and Commerce	Machida Chūji		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications	Fujisawa Ikunosuke		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 21, 1915
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs	Suzuoki Kurajirō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 12, 1915
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs	Torii Teijiro		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance	Ōtsu Junichirō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 21, 1915
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army	Miura Tokuichirō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy	Tanaka Zenryū		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice	Seki Wachi		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education	Ōkuma Nobutsune		Independent	July 2, 1915	October 30, 1915
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture and Commerce	Baron Tsuboi Kuhachiro		Independent	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications	Arakawa Gorō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
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Reshuffled Cabinet

A Cabinet reshuffle took place on August 10, 1915.

Ministers
Portfolio	Minister	Political party		Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu		Rikken Dōshikai	April 16, 1914	October 9, 1916
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu		Rikken Dōshikai	August 10, 1915	October 13, 1915
	Baron Ishii Kikujirō		Independent	October 13, 1915	October 9, 1916
Minister of Home Affairs	Ichiki Kitokurō		Independent	August 10, 1915	October 9, 1916
Minister of Finance	Taketomi Tokitoshi		Rikken Dōshikai	August 10, 1915	October 9, 1916
Minister of the Army	Oka Ichinosuke		Military (Army)	April 16, 1914	March 30, 1916
	Ōshima Ken'ichi		Military (Army)	March 30, 1916	October 9, 1916
Minister of the Navy	Katō Tomosaburō		Military (Navy)	August 10, 1915	October 9, 1916
Minister of Justice	Yukio Ozaki		Chūseikai	April 16, 1914	October 9, 1916
Minister of Education	Takada Sanae		Independent	August 10, 1915	October 9, 1916
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce	Kōno Hironaka		Rikken Dōshikai	January 7, 1915	October 9, 1916
Minister of Communications	Minoura Katsundo		Rikken Dōshikai	August 10, 1915	October 9, 1916
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Egi Tasuku		Independent	April 16, 1914	October 9, 1916
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Sakuye Takahashi		Independent	April 25, 1914	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs	Adachi Kenzō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 12, 1915
	Vacant			August 12, 1915	October 30, 1915
	Tokai Sanshi		Rikken Dōshikai	October 30, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs	Shimooka Chuji		Independent	July 2, 1915	August 12, 1915
	Vacant			August 12, 1915	August 21, 1915
	Fujisawa Ikunosuke		Rikken Dōshikai	August 21, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance	Hamaguchi Osachi		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 12, 1915
	Vacant			August 12, 1915	August 21, 1915
	Katō Masanosuke		Chūseikai	August 21, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army	Baron Manabe Akira		Military (Army)	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy	Hayami Seiji		Independent	July 2, 1915	December 26, 1915
	Vacant			December 26, 1915	January 19, 1916
	Jiro Okabe		Chūseikai	January 19, 1916	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice	Daikichirō Tagawa		Chūseikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education	Kuwata Kumazo		Independent	July 2, 1915	August 21, 1915
	Ōtsu Junichirō		Rikken Dōshikai	August 21, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture and Commerce	Machida Chūji		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications	Fujisawa Ikunosuke		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 21, 1915
	Kinoshita Kenjiro		Rikken Dōshikai	August 21, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs	Suzuoki Kurajirō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 12, 1915
	Vacant			August 12, 1915	October 30, 1915
	Ōkuma Nobutsune		Independent	October 30, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs	Torii Teijiro		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance	Ōtsu Junichirō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	August 21, 1915
	Murayasu Shinkuro		Independent	August 21, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army	Miura Tokuichirō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy	Tanaka Zenryū		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice	Seki Wachi		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education	Ōkuma Nobutsune		Independent	July 2, 1915	October 30, 1915
	Koyama Tanizō		Chūseikai	October 30, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture and Commerce	Baron Tsuboi Kuhachiro		Independent	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Deputy Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications	Arakawa Gorō		Rikken Dōshikai	July 2, 1915	October 9, 1916
Source:[1]