Fourth Yoshida Cabinet

The Fourth Yoshida Cabinet was the 50th Cabinet of Japan. It was headed by Shigeru Yoshida from October 30, 1952 to May 21, 1953.

Fourth Yoshida Cabinet
50th Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	October 30, 1952
Date dissolved	May 21, 1953
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Shigeru Yoshida
Deputy Prime Minister	Taketora Ogata
Member parties	Liberal Party Ryokufūkai
Status in legislature	House of Representatives: Majority House of Councillors: Coalition majority
Opposition parties	Kaishintō Rightist Socialist Party of Japan Leftist Socialist Party of Japan Japanese Communist Party Labourers and Farmers Party
History
Elections	1952 general election 1953 councillors election
Legislature term	15th-16th National Diet
Predecessor	Third Yoshida Cabinet (Third Reshuffle)
Successor	Fifth Yoshida Cabinet

Cabinet

Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Shigeru Yoshida		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Deputy Prime Minister (from November 28, 1952) Minister of State	Taketora Ogata		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of Justice	Takeru Inukai		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Katsuo Okazaki		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of Finance	Mukai Tadaharu		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of Education	Okano Kiyohide		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of Health	Yamagata Katsumi		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Ogasawara Sankurō		Liberal	October 30, 1952	December 5, 1952
	Hirokawa Kōzen		Liberal	December 5, 1952	March 3, 1953
	Tako Ichimin		Liberal	March 3, 1953	May 21, 1953
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Hayato Ikeda		Liberal	October 30, 1952	November 29, 1952
	Ogasawara Sankurō		Liberal	November 29, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of Transport	Mitsujirō Ishii		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of Posts	Takase Sōtarō		Ryokufūkai	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of Labor	Totsuka Kuichirō		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of Construction Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency	Eisaku Satō		Liberal	October 30, 1952	February 10, 1953
	Totsuka Kuichirō		Liberal	February 10, 1953	May 21, 1953
Minister of State Director of the Administrative Management Agency Director of the Autonomy Agency	Honda Ichirō		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of State Commissioner of the National Safety Agency	Kimura Tōkutarō		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of State Director of the Economic Deliberation Agency	Hayato Ikeda		Liberal	October 30, 1952	November 29, 1952
	Ogasawara Sankurō		Liberal	November 29, 1952	March 3, 1953
	Mikio Mizuta		Liberal	March 3, 1953	May 21, 1953
Minister of State	Ōnogi Hidejirō		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Minister of State	Hayashiya Kamejirō		Liberal	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Taketora Ogata		Liberal	October 30, 1952	March 24, 1953
	Kenji Fukunaga		Liberal	March 24, 1953	May 21, 1953
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Satō Tatsuo		Independent	October 30, 1952	March 24, 1953
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Kanno Yoshimaru		Independent	October 30, 1952	March 23, 1953
	Tanaka Fuwazō		Liberal	March 28, 1953	May 21, 1953
	Eguchi Mitoru		Independent	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953
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