| Cabinet Name: | First Hashimoto Cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 82nd |
| Jurisdiction: | Japan |
| Flag: | Flag of Japan.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | January 11, 1996 |
| Date Dissolved: | November 7, 1996 |
| Government Head: | Ryūtarō Hashimoto |
| Deputy Government Head: | Wataru Kubo |
| State Head: | Emperor Akihito |
| Political Party: | LDP–JSP–NPS Coalition |
| Legislature Status: | Coalition majority |
| Opposition Party: | New Frontier Party |
| Opposition Leader: | Ichirō Ozawa |
| Predecessor: | Murayama Cabinet |
| Successor: | Second Hashimoto Cabinet |
The First Hashimoto Cabinet was formed in January 1996 under the leadership of Ryutaro Hashimoto, following the resignation of Tomiichi Murayama as Prime Minister of Japan and head of the coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan Socialist Party and New Party Sakigake. The smaller Socialist party relinquished the leadership of the government to the LDP, which was the largest party in the Diet and Hashimoto (LDP President since September 1995) assumed the premiership, becoming the first LDP Prime Minister since August 1993.[1] [2]
The three-party coalition continued, although all ministers from the Murayama Cabinet were replaced. The Socialists renamed themselves as the Social Democratic Party and Secretary-general Wataru Kubo became Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister.[3] The cabinet lasted until November 1996, when it was dissolved following the 1996 general election and replaced with the Second Hashimoto Cabinet.[4]
| House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | Runoff Vote | ||
| Votes | |||
| Ryutaro Hashimoto | |||
| Ichirō Ozawa | |||
| Others and Abstentions (Including Speaker and Deputy) | |||
| Source Diet Minutes | |||
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
| Prime Minister | R | January 11, 1996 - July 30, 1998 | |||
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance | C | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | |||
| - | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | ||||
| R | January 11, 1996 - September 11, 1997 | ||||
| R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | ||||
| Minister of Health and Welfare | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | |||
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | |||
| R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | ||||
| R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | ||||
| R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | ||||
| R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | ||||
| R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | ||||
| C | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | ||||
| R | January 11, 1996 - September 11, 1997 | ||||
| Director of the Management and Coordination Agency | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | |||
| Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Development Agency | C | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | |||
| R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | ||||
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | |||
| Director of the Science and Technology Agency | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | |||
| Director of the Environment Agency | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 | |||
| Director of the National Land Agency | C | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |