Yonai Cabinet
Yonai Cabinet | |
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 37th Cabinet of Japan | |
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| Date formed | January 16, 1940 |
| Date dissolved | July 22, 1940 |
| People and organisations | |
| Emperor | Shōwa |
| Prime Minister | Mitsumasa Yonai |
| Member parties | Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai Independent Military |
| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) |
| History | |
| Legislature term | 75th Imperial Diet |
| Predecessor | Nobuyuki Abe Cabinet |
| Successor | Second Konoe Cabinet |
The Yonai Cabinet is the 37th Cabinet of Japan led by Mitsumasa Yonai from January 16 to July 22, 1940.
Cabinet
[edit]| Ministers | |||||
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| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
| Prime Minister | Mitsumasa Yonai | Military (Navy) | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Hachirō Arita | Independent | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Count Hideo Kodama | Independent | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Finance | Yukio Sakurauchi | Rikken Minseitō | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of the Army | Shunroku Hata | Military (Army) | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of the Navy | Zengo Yoshida | Military (Navy) | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Justice | Kimura Shōtatsu | Independent | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Education | Matsūra Shigejirō | Independent | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | Toshio Shimada | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Ginjirō Fujiwara | Independent | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Communications | Masanori Katsu | Rikken Minseitō | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Railways | Matsuno Tsuruei | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | Kuniaki Koiso | Military (Army) | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Minister of Health | Shigeru Yoshida | Independent | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Ishiwata Sōtarō | Independent | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Hirose Hisatada | Independent | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Ministers | |||||
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs | Koyama Tanizō | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs | Tsurumi Yūsuke | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance | Kimura Masayoshi | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army | Miyoshi Hideyuki | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy | Matsuyama Tsunejirō | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice | Hoshijima Nirō | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education | Viscount Funabashi Kiyokata | Independent | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Okada Kikuji | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry | Katō Ryōgorō | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications | Takechi Yūki | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways | Miyazawa Yutaka | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs | Matsuoka Toshizō | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health | Hitotsumatsu Sadayoshi | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretaries | |||||
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs | Odaka Chōzaburō | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs | Aoyama Kenzō | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance | Matsuda Masakazu | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army | Miyazaki Ichi | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy | Koyama Kunitarō | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice | Viscount Takagi Masanari | Independent | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education | Nakaima Sōichi | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Matsuki Hiromu | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry | Kita Sōichirō | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications | Fujiu Yasutarō | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways | Ōshima Torakichi | Rikken Minseitō | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs | Katō Yoshiyuki | Independent | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health | Īmura Gorō | Rikken Seiyūkai | September 19, 1939 | January 16, 1940 | |
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