First Matsukata Cabinet Explained

Cabinet Name:First Matsukata Cabinet
State Head Title:Emperor
Government Head:Matsukata Masayoshi
Government Head Title:Prime Minister
Date Dissolved:August 8, 1892
Date Formed:May 6, 1891
Flag Border:true
Jurisdiction:Japan
Cabinet Number:4th
State Head:Meiji
Total Number:22
Predecessor:First Yamagata Cabinet
Election:1892 Japanese general election
Opposition Party:Liberal Party
Rikken Kaishintō
Legislature Status:Minority
Political Party:Meiji oligarchy
Chuo Club
Dokuritsu Club
Kinki Club
Successor:Second Itō Cabinet

The First Matsukata Cabinet is the fourth Cabinet of Japan led by Matsukata Masayoshi from May 6, 1891, to August 8, 1892.

Cabinet

PortfolioMinisterPolitical partyTerm startTerm end
Prime MinisterCount Matsukata MasayoshiIndependentMay 6, 1891August 8, 1892
Minister for Foreign AffairsViscount Aoki ShūzōIndependentMay 6, 1891May 29, 1891
Viscount Enomoto TakeakiMilitary (Navy)May 29, 1891August 8, 1892
Minister of Home AffairsCount Saigō JūdōMilitary (Navy)May 6, 1891June 1, 1891
Viscount Shinagawa YajirōIndependentJune 1, 1891March 11, 1892
Count Soejima TaneomiIndependentMarch 11, 1892June 8, 1892
Count Matsukata Masayoshi (acting)IndependentJune 8, 1892July 14, 1892
Kōno TogamaRikken KaishintōJuly 14, 1892August 8, 1892
Minister of FinanceCount Matsukata MasayoshiIndependentMay 6, 1891August 8, 1892
Minister of the ArmyCount Ōyama IwaoMilitary (Army)May 6, 1891May 17, 1891
Viscount Takashima TomonosukeMilitary (Army)May 17, 1891August 8, 1892
Minister of the NavyViscount Kabayama SukenoriMilitary (Navy)May 6, 1891August 8, 1892
Minister of JusticeCount Yamada AkiyoshiMilitary (Army)May 6, 1891June 1, 1891
Viscount Tanaka FujimaroIndependentJune 1, 1891June 23, 1892
Kōno TogamaRikken KaishintōJune 23, 1892August 8, 1892
Minister of EducationYoshikawa AkimasaIndependentMay 6, 1891June 1, 1891
Count Ōki TakatōIndependentJune 1, 1891August 8, 1892
Minister of Agriculture and CommerceMutsu MunemitsuIndependentMay 6, 1891March 14, 1892
Kōno TogamaRikken KaishintōMarch 14, 1892July 14, 1892
Viscount Sano TsunetamiIndependentJuly 14, 1892August 8, 1892
Minister of CommunicationsCount Gotō ShōjirōIndependentMay 6, 1891August 8, 1892
Minister without portfolioCount Ōki TakatōIndependentMay 6, 1891June 1, 1891
Chief Cabinet SecretaryBaron Sufu KoheiIndependentMay 6, 1891June 15, 1891
Hirayama NarinobuIndependentJune 16, 1891August 8, 1892
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauInoue KowashiIndependentMay 6, 1891May 8, 1891
VacantMay 8, 1891June 10, 1891
Saburo OzakiIndependentJune 10, 1891August 8, 1892
Source:[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Matsukata Cabinet . . 2022-03-04 . 2012-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012003826/http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/rekidai/kakuryo/04.html . live .