| Cabinet Name: | First Mori Cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 85th |
| Jurisdiction: | Japan |
| Flag: | Flag of Japan.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | April 5, 2000 |
| Date Dissolved: | July 4, 2000 |
| Government Head: | Yoshirō Mori |
| State Head: | Emperor Akihito |
| Political Party: | LDP-NKP-NCP coalition |
| Legislature Status: | Majority coalition |
| Opposition Party: | Democratic Party of Japan |
| Opposition Leader: | Yukio Hatoyama |
| Predecessor: | Obuchi Cabinet |
| Successor: | Second Mori Cabinet |
The First Mori Cabinet briefly governed Japan between April and July 2000, after the sudden incapacitation of Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi and his replacement by Yoshirō Mori, who had been LDP Secretary General. Mori called his government "the Japan revival cabinet", but made no personnel changes when he took office, pledging to retain Obuchi's ministers, maintain the 3-party coalition and continue his policies to try to revive the economy.[1] [2] [3]
Mori proved an unpopular Prime Minister due to a series of gaffes and the manner of his coming to power, and called early general elections for June 2000 to pre-empt a continuing decline in the LDP's poll numbers.[4] [5] In the elections, the LDP lost the majority that it had built up through opposition defections since 1996, but the coalition held enough seats to retain government.[6] Therefore, the cabinet was dissolved in July when Mori was re-elected by the National Diet and replaced with the Second Mori Cabinet.
| House of Representatives Absolute majority (251/500) required | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | First Vote | ||
| Votes | |||
| Yoshirō Mori | |||
| Yukio Hatoyama | |||
| Others and Abstentions (Including blank ballots) | |||
| Source Diet Minutes - 147th Session | |||
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
| Prime Minister | R | April 5, 2000 - April 26, 2001 | |||
| R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | ||||
| R | October 5, 1999 - April 26, 2001 | ||||
| Minister of Finance | R | July 30, 1998 - April 26, 2001 | |||
| Minister of Education Director of the Science and Technology Agency | C | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| Minister of Health and Welfare | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | ||||
| Minister of Transport Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | ||||
| R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | ||||
| Minister of Construction Director of the National Land Agency | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | ||||
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Director of the Okinawa Development Agency | C | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| Chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission | R | February 25, 2000 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| Director of the Management and Coordination Agency | C | October 5, 1999 - December 5, 2000 | |||
| R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | ||||
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency | - | July 30, 1998 - December 5, 2000 | |||
| Director of the Environment Agency | C | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| Deputy Secretaries | |||||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives) | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors) | C | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) | - | February 24, 1995 - September 22, 2003 | |||
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