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Second Kishida Cabinet

The Second Kishida Cabinet is the 101st Cabinet of Japan and was formed in November 2021 by Fumio Kishida, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Japan.

The government is a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controls both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet. It is the successor to Kishida's previous cabinet.

Background

After Fumio Kishida called for a general election and won a supermajority on 31 October 2021, he was re-elected as the prime minister at a special session of the National Diet on 10 November 2021. As his first cabinet only served 37 days, the shortest term in history, Kishida reappointed nearly all of the ministers from the previous cabinet following re-election.[1][2]

On 10 August 2022, the cabinet was reshuffled. 7 MPs with ties to the Unification Church (UC) were dismissed following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and increasing media scrutiny of LDP officials' close ties with the church.[3][4] On 20 August it was reported that 23 officials including 8 MPs in the new reshuffled cabinet have existing connections to the UC.[5][6][7]

Election of the prime minister

Changes

List of ministers

Cabinet

Citation of this table: List of Second Kishida Cabinet Members[10]

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister

State ministers

Parliamentary vice-ministers

Reshuffled cabinets

References

  1. ^ "Fumio Kishida re-elected Japan PM, Yoshimasa Hayashi named foreign minister". Kyodo News. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Second Kishida Cabinet to be formed on Wednesday". NHK World. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Japan's leader names new Cabinet to distance his administration from UC". Los Angeles Times. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. ^ "旧統一教会と関係認めた7人は外れる　第2次岸田改造内閣10日発足" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. ^ ""統一教会"と政治家　杉田政務官は過去"支援は何の問題もない"投稿　その真意は…" (in Japanese). Nippon TV. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  6. ^ "「想定内も想定外だった…」総理側近　内閣改造も旧統一教会と"接点"顔ぶれ続々" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  7. ^ "旧統一教会と「接点あり」の副大臣ら23人に　新たに4人認める" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b "第101代総理大臣に岸田文雄氏 衆・参本会議の指名選挙で選出". NHK. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Japan foreign minister Motegi to become ruling party No. 2". Kyodo News. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  10. ^ "List of Ministers". The Cabinet of Japan Prime Minister. 10 November 2021. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  11. ^ "PM Kishida to appoint Hayashi as foreign minister | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  12. ^ a b "第２次岸田内閣、副大臣・政務官決まる" (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

Pages at the Prime Minister's Official Residence of Japan (English website):