First Yamagata Cabinet Explained

Cabinet Name:First Yamagata Cabinet
Cabinet Number:3rd
Jurisdiction:Japan
Flag Border:true
State Head:Meiji
Date Formed:December 24, 1889
Date Dissolved:May 6, 1891
Government Head Title:Prime Minister
Government Head:Yamagata Aritomo
State Head Title:Emperor
Total Number:13
Political Party:Meiji oligarchy
Taiseikai
Kokumin Jiyutō
Legislature Status:Minority
Opposition Party:Liberal Party
Rikken Kaishintō
Election:1890 Japanese general election
Predecessor:Sanjō caretaker cabinet
Successor:First Matsukata Cabinet

The First Yamagata Cabinet is the third Cabinet of Japan led by Yamagata Aritomo from December 24, 1889 to May 6, 1891.

Cabinet

PortfolioMinisterPolitical partyTerm startTerm end
Prime MinisterCount Yamagata AritomoMilitary (Army)December 24, 1889May 6, 1891
Minister for Foreign AffairsViscount Aoki ShūzōIndependentDecember 24, 1889May 6, 1891
Minister of Home AffairsCount Yamagata AritomoMilitary (Army)December 24, 1889May 17, 1890
Count Saigō JūdōMilitary (Navy)May 17, 1890May 6, 1891
Minister of FinanceCount Matsukata MasayoshiIndependentDecember 24, 1889May 6, 1891
Minister of the ArmyCount Ōyama IwaoMilitary (Army)December 24, 1889May 6, 1891
Minister of the NavyCount Saigō JūdōMilitary (Navy)December 24, 1889May 17, 1890
Viscount Kabayama SukenoriMilitary (Navy)May 17, 1890May 6, 1891
Minister of JusticeCount Yamada AkiyoshiMilitary (Army)December 24, 1889May 6, 1891
Minister of EducationViscount Enomoto TakeakiMilitary (Navy)December 24, 1889May 17, 1890
Yoshikawa AkimasaIndependentMay 17, 1890May 6, 1891
Minister of Agriculture and CommerceIwamura MichitoshiIndependentDecember 24, 1889May 17, 1890
Mutsu MunemitsuIndependentMay 17, 1890May 6, 1891
Minister of CommunicationsCount Gotō ShōjirōIndependentDecember 24, 1889May 6, 1891
Minister without portfolioCount Ōki TakatōIndependentDecember 24, 1889May 6, 1891
Chief Cabinet SecretaryBaron Sufu KoheiIndependentDecember 24, 1889May 6, 1891
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauInoue KowashiIndependentDecember 24, 1889May 6, 1891
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Yamagata Cabinet . Prime Minister's Official Residence.

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