The First Kaifu Cabinet is the 76th Cabinet of Japan headed by Toshiki Kaifu from August 10, 1989, to February 28, 1990. Kaifu succeed at promoting two women as ministers and defying Takeshita faction's demand of reappointment of Uno cabinet members, but had to follow factional balance: Takeshita faction has given five ministries, while Abe, Miyazawa and Nakasone factions each received four. Komoto faction, Kaifu's own, only got two ministries.
Cabinet PortfolioMinisterSpecial mission etc.NotePrime MinisterToshiki Kaifu Komoto factionMinister of JusticeMasao Gotō Independent Minister for Foreign AffairsTaro Nakayama Abe faction Minister of FinanceRyutaro Hashimoto Takeshita faction Minister of EducationKazuya Ishibashi National Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member Abe faction Minister of HealthSaburō Toida In charge of Pension issues Takeshita faction Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMichihiko Kano Abe faction Minister of International Trade and IndustryHikaru Matsunaga Nakasone factionMinister of TransportTakami Eto In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues Nakasone faction Minister of PostsSenpachi Ōishi Nakasone faction Minister of LaborJōji Fukushima Independent Minister of ConstructionShōzō Harada Miyazawa faction Minister of Home AffairsChair of the National Public Safety CommissionKōzō Watanabe Takeshita faction Chief Cabinet SecretaryTokuo Yamashita Komoto faction, Resigned on August 25, 1989Mayumi Moriyama First female officeholder Komoto faction, Appointed on August 25, 1989Director of the Management and Coordination AgencyKiyoshi Mizuno Miyazawa faction Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development AgencyDirector of the Okinawa Regional Development AgencyFumio Abe Miyazawa faction Director of the Defense AgencyJūrō Matsumoto Abe faction Director of the Economic Planning AgencySumiko Takahara Non-legislatorDirector of the Science and Technology AgencyEizaburō Saitō Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission Independent Director of the Environment AgencyMayumi Moriyama Komoto faction, Resigned on August 25, 1989Setsu Shiga Komoto faction, Appointed on August 25, 1989Director of the National Land AgencyHajime Ishii In charge of Land Measuresfor the International Garden and Greenery Exposition Takeshita faction Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauAtsuo Kudō Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (for Political Affairs)Setsu Shiga Resigned on August 25, 1989Takao Fujimoto Appointed on August 25, 1989Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (for General Affairs)Nobuo Ishihara Source:
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