Hiranuma Cabinet

Hiranuma Cabinet

35th Cabinet of Japan
Date formedJanuary 5, 1939
Date dissolvedAugust 30, 1939
People and organisations
EmperorShōwa
Prime MinisterHiranuma Kiichirō
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
History
Legislature term74th Imperial Diet
PredecessorFirst Konoe Cabinet
SuccessorNobuyuki Abe Cabinet

The Hiranuma Cabinet is the 35th Cabinet of Japan led by Hiranuma Kiichirō from January 5, 1939, to August 30, 1939. The cabinet had to contend and enforce the mobilization of Japan's economic resources for total war started under his predecessor, Fumimaro Konoe who passed the State General Mobilization Law.[1]

The Hiranuma Cabinet was formed as a result of the collapse of Konoe's first premiership, who had resigned over his failure to negotiate an end to the Second Sino-Japanese War after breaking off relations with the Nationalist government.

Cabinet

Ministers
Portfolio Name Political party Term start Term end
Prime Minister Baron Hiranuma Kiichirō Independent January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister for Foreign Affairs Hachirō Arita Independent January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Home Affairs Marquess Kōichi Kido Independent January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Finance Ishiwata Sōtarō Independent January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of the Army Seishirō Itagaki Military (Army) January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of the Navy Mitsumasa Yonai Military (Navy) January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Justice Suehiko Shiono Independent January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Education Baron Sadao Araki Military (Army) January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yukio Sakurauchi Rikken Minseitō January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Commerce and Industry Yoshiaki Hatta Independent January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Communications Suehiko Shiono Independent January 5, 1939 April 7, 1939
Harumichi Tanabe Independent April 7, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Railways Yonezō Maeda Rikken Seiyūkai January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Colonial Affairs Yoshiaki Hatta Independent January 5, 1939 April 7, 1939
Kuniaki Koiso Military (Army) April 7, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister of Health Hirose Hisatada Independent January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Minister without portfolio Prince Fumimaro Konoe Independent January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Chief Cabinet Secretary Harumichi Tanabe Independent January 5, 1939 April 7, 1939
Ōta Kōzō Independent April 7, 1939 August 30, 1939
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Kurosaki Teizō Independent January 5, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
Portfolio Name Political party Term start Term end
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shimizu Tomesaburō Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs Kanna Kenwa Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance Matsumura Kōzō Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army Nishimura Shigeo Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy Matsuda Takechiyo Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice Kuramoto Yōichi Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education Koyanagi Makie Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Matsumura Kenzō Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry Imai Takehiko Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications Hirakawa Matsutarō Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways Kudō Tosao Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs Terada Ichimasa Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health Tsuzaki Naotake Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio Name Political party Term start Term end
Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Hashimoto Takichi Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs Nakai Kazuo Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance Yano Shōtarō Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army Nakaigawa Hiroshi Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy Nakahara Kinji Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice Hamano Tetsutarō Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education Nonaka Tetsuya Kokumin Dōmei January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hayashi Jōji Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry Sawada Rikichi Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications Ueda Kōkichi Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways Aoki Ryōkan Rikken Minseitō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs Etō Genkurō Kakushintō January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health Ayabe Kentarō Rikken Seiyūkai January 19, 1939 August 30, 1939
Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ Farley 1939, p. 25.
  2. ^ "Hiranuma Cabinet". Prime Minister's Official Residence.

Farley, Miriam (1939), The National Mobilization Controversy in Japan, Far Eastern Review