The Hiranuma Cabinet is the 35th Cabinet of Japan led by Hiranuma KiichirÅ 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 | |||||
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Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
Prime Minister | Baron Hiranuma KiichirÅ | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | HachirÅ Arita | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Minister of Home Affairs | Marquess KÅichi Kido | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Minister of Finance | Ishiwata SÅtarÅ | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Minister of the Army | SeishirÅ 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 MinseitÅ | 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 | YonezŠMaeda | 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 | |
Åta KÅzÅ | Independent | April 7, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | ||
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Kurosaki TeizÅ | 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 TomesaburÅ | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs | Kanna Kenwa | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance | Matsumura KÅzÅ | Rikken SeiyÅ«kai | 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 MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice | Kuramoto YÅichi | Rikken SeiyÅ«kai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education | Koyanagi Makie | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Matsumura KenzÅ | Rikken MinseitÅ | 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 MatsutarÅ | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways | KudŠTosao | 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 ShÅtarÅ | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army | Nakaigawa Hiroshi | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy | Nakahara Kinji | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice | Hamano TetsutarÅ | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education | Nonaka Tetsuya | Kokumin DÅmei | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Hayashi JÅji | Rikken SeiyÅ«kai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry | Sawada Rikichi | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications | Ueda KÅkichi | Rikken SeiyÅ«kai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways | Aoki RyÅkan | Rikken MinseitÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs | EtÅ GenkurÅ | KakushintÅ | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health | Ayabe KentarŠ| Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | |
Source:[2] |
References
Farley, Miriam (1939), The National Mobilization Controversy in Japan, Far Eastern Review
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