Hosokawa Cabinet

Hosokawa Cabinet

79th Cabinet of Japan
Date formedAugust 9, 1993
Date dissolvedApril 28, 1994
People and organisations
EmperorAkihito
Prime MinisterMorihiro Hosokawa
Deputy Prime MinisterTsutomu Hata
Member parties
Status in legislatureMinority (coalition) (Lower House)
262 / 511 (51%)
Opposition parties
Opposition leaderYōhei Kōno (LDP)
History
Election(s)40th general election (1993)
PredecessorMiyazawa Cabinet
(Reshuffle)
SuccessorHata Cabinet

The Hosokawa Cabinet governed Japan from August 9, 1993 to April 28, 1994 under the premiership of Morihiro Hosokawa. In Japan, his administration is generally referred to as a representative example of non-LDP and non-JCP Coalition.

Political background

Formed in the aftermath of the 1993 general election, this cabinet was a broad based coalition of parties of both left (the JSP and DSP), right (JRP, JNP and NPS) and religious politics (Komeito). A series of defections had cost the LDP its majority before the 1993 election, after which all non-Communist opposition parties coalesced with the aim of creating the first non-LDP government in 38 years and achieving electoral reform. Despite the fact that the conservative Japan Renewal Party and the left-wing Japan Socialist Party were the largest parties in the coalition, Ichirō Ozawa (who negotiated the formation of the government) and his allies in the JRP pushed for Morihiro Hosokawa, a former governor of Kumamoto Prefecture and the leader of the small Japan New Party, to lead the government. Hosokawa was elected by the Diet on August 6, and took office as the first non-LDP Prime Minister for four decades. The Prime Minister himself was the only New Party member of the cabinet, which was mostly dominated by the JRP and the Socialists.

The coalition achieved Hosokawa's goal of electoral reform, replacing the previous system of multi-member districts with a combined system of single-member districts, elected by first past the post, and blocs of proportional representation candidates. But having achieved this, and replaced the LDP, the unifying purpose of the coalition was lost and ideological differences between the parties, especially over tax and defence policy, began to split the cabinet. Following revelations of a campaign finance scandal, Hosokawa announced his surprise resignation on April 8, 1994. After several weeks of negotiations, foreign minister Tsutomu Hata of the JRP became Prime Minister on April 28.

Election of the prime minister

6 August 1993
Absolute majority (256/511) required
House of Representatives
Choice First Vote
Votes
checkYMorihiro Hosokawa
262 / 511
Yōhei Kōno
224 / 511
Others and Abstentions (Including Speaker and Deputy)
25 / 511
Source

Ministers

 Japan New
 Renewal
 New Party Sakigake
 Komeito
 Democratic Socialist
 Socialist
 Independent
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors

Cabinet of Morihiro Hosokawa from August 9, 1993 to April 28, 1994
Portfolio Minister Term of Office
Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Takemura R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tsutomu Hata R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Justice Akira Mikazuki - August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Finance Hirohisa Fujii R August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994
Minister of Education Ryōko Akamatsu - August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994
Minister of Health and Welfare Keigo Ōuchi R August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994
Minister of Labour Chikara Sakaguchi R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eijiro Hata [ja] R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of International Trade and Industry Hiroshi Kumagai R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Transport Shigeru Itō R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Construction Kozo Igarashi R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Home Affairs
Director of the National Public Safety Commission
Kanju Sato R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Takenori Kanzaki R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency Koshiro Ishida R August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994
Director of the Japan Defense Agency Keisuke Nakanishi R August 9, 1993 – December 1, 1993
Kazuo Aichi R December 1, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the National Land Agency
Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency
Director of the Okinawa Development Agency Development,
Kosuke Uehara R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the Economic Planning Agency Manae Kubota C August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the Environment Agency Wakako Hironaka C August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the Science and Technology Agency Satsuki Eda R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of State (in charge of political reform) Sadao Yamahana R August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Changes

  • December 1 – Defence Minister Keisuke Nakanishi resigned over controversial remarks he made related to Japan's pacifist constitution, and was replaced by Kazuo Aichi.

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