The Ashida Cabinet is the 47th Cabinet of Japan headed by Hitoshi Ashida from 10 March to 15 October 1948, during the Allied occupation.
Cabinet PortfolioNamePolitical partyTerm startTerm endPrime MinisterHitoshi AshidaDemocraticMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of State Deputy Prime MinisterSuehiro NishioSocialistMarch 10, 1948July 6, 1948Attorney GeneralSuzuki YoshioSocialistMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister for Foreign AffairsHitoshi AshidaDemocraticMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of FinanceKitamura TokutarōDemocraticMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of EducationMorito TatsuoSocialistMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of HealthTakeda GiichiDemocraticMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesNagae KazuoSocialistMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of Commerce and IndustryMizutani ChōzaburōSocialistMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of TransportOkada SeiichiNational CooperativeMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of CommunicationsTomiyoshi EijiSocialistMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of LaborKatō KanjūSocialistMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of State Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board
Chair of the Price Board
Director of the Central Economic Research AgencyTakeo KurusuDemocraticMarch 10, 1948October 2, 1948Hitoshi Ashida (acting)DemocraticOctober 2, 1948October 15, 1948Minister 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 ReparationsFunada KyōjiNational CooperativeMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of State President of the Construction BoardHitotsumatsu SadayoshiDemocraticMarch 10, 1948July 10, 1948Minister of ConstructionHitotsumatsu SadayoshiDemocraticJuly 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of State Chairman of the Local Finance CommitteeNomizo MasaruSocialistMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Minister of State Chief Cabinet SecretaryTomabechi GizōDemocraticMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948Deputy Chief Cabinet SecretaryKiichi AritaDemocraticMarch 15, 1948October 15, 1948Fukushima ShintarōIndependentMarch 15, 1948October 15, 1948Source:
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