Suga Cabinet

99th Cabinet of Japan (2020–2021)

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Suga Cabinet
99th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 16, 2020
Date formed	September 16, 2020
Date dissolved	October 4, 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Naruhito
Head of government	Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
Head of government's history	Member of the HoR for Kanagawa 2nd district (1996-) Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2006-2007) Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012-2020)
Deputy head of government	Tarō Asō
Total no. of members	27
Member party	Liberal Democratic–Komeito Coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party	Constitutional Democratic Party
Opposition leader	Yukio Edano
History
Predecessor	Fourth Abe Cabinet (Second Reshuffled)
Successor	First Kishida Cabinet

The Suga Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from 16 September 2020 to 4 October 2021.^[1] The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.

Following his resignation, the Suga cabinet was dissolved on October 4, 2021, and replaced with the First Kishida Cabinet after being in office for 384 days.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Election of the prime minister

16 September 2020
Absolute majority (233/465) required
House of Representatives
Choice		First Vote
Choice		Votes
	YYoshihide Suga	314 / 465
	Yukio Edano	134 / 465
	Toranosuke Katayama	11 / 465
	Nariaki Nakayama	2 / 465
	Shinjiro Koizumi	1 / 465
	Abstentions/vacant	3 / 465
Source^[5]

16 September 2020
Absolute majority (123/245) required
House of Councillors
Choice		First Vote
Choice		Votes
	YYoshihide Suga	142 / 245
	Yukio Edano	78 / 245
	Toranosuke Katayama	16 / 245
	Takae Itō	1 / 245
	Blank	3 / 245
	Abstentions/vacant	5 / 245
Source^[6]

Lists of ministers

Liberal Democratic
Komeito
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
B = Bureaucrat

Cabinet

Suga Cabinet^[7]^[8]^[1]
Portfolio			Term	Note
Prime Minister	Yoshihide Suga	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation	Tarō Asō	R	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021	^[9]^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications	Ryota Takeda	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of Justice	Yōko Kamikawa	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Toshimitsu Motegi	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of Defense	Nobuo Kishi	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding	Koichi Hagiuda	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister in charge of Working-style Reform	Norihisa Tamura	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Kōtarō Nogami	C	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation	Hiroshi Kajiyama	R	October 25, 2019 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy	Kazuyoshi Akaba	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Minister in charge of climate change (since March 9, 2021)	Shinjiro Koizumi	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue	Katsunobu Katō	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[9]^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima	Katsuei Hirasawa	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of Building National Resilience Minister in charge of Territorial Issues Minister of State for Disaster Management Minister of State for Ocean Policy	Hachiro Okonogi	R	September 16, 2020 – June 25, 2021
	Yasufumi Tanahashi	R	June 25, 2021 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister in charge of COVID-19 Vaccination (since January 18, 2021)	Tarō Kōno	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens Minister in charge of Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of Loneliness (since February 12, 2021)	Tetsushi Sakamoto	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Minister in charge of Social Security Reform	Yasutoshi Nishimura	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System Minister in charge of Digital Transformation Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy	Takuya Hirai	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister of State for Gender Equality	Seiko Hashimoto	C	September 11, 2019 – February 18, 2021	^[10]
	Tamayo Marukawa	C	February 18, 2021 – October 4, 2021	^[10]
Minister in charge of the Osaka World Expo Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy Minister of State for the Intellectual Strategy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy	Shinji Inoue	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	^[8]^[7]^[1]

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

Suga Deputy Cabinet
Portfolio			Term	Note
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Manabu Sakai	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
	Naoki Okada	C	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
	Kazuhiro Sugita	B	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021	former: National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Masaharu Kondo	B	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	former: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister

Office of the Prime Minister
Portfolio			Term	Note
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for National Security	Minoru Kihara	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Diplomacy and Economic Issues	Masashi Adachi	C	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Social Capital Development, Regional Revitalization, National Resilience, Reconstruction, Health and Medical Care, Scientific and Technological Innovation	Hiroto Izumi	B	January 21, 2013 – October 4, 2021	from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in charge of Policy Evaluation and Verification	Meiji Kakizaki	B	October 1, 2020 – October 4, 2021	former journalist of Kyodo News

References

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^ @kokkai_news (September 16, 2020). "衆議院首班指名選挙　結果菅義偉　　　　　　　　314票枝野幸男　　　　　　　134票片山虎之助　　　　　　11票中山成彬　　　　　　　2票小泉進次郎　　　　　　1票菅義偉氏が衆議院において首相に指名される" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @kokkai_news (September 16, 2020). "参議院首班指名投票の結果菅義偉　　　　　　142票枝野幸男　　　　　78票片山虎之助　　　　16票伊藤孝恵　　　　　1票白票　　　　　　　3票参議院でも菅義偉氏が首相に指名される。衆参で同一人物が首相に指名されたため、菅義偉氏が第99代内閣総理大臣に就任へ" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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