Fifth Yoshida Cabinet

Fifth Yoshida Cabinet
51st Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	May 21, 1953
Date dissolved	December 10, 1954
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Shigeru Yoshida
Deputy Prime Minister	Taketora Ogata
Member party	Liberal Party
Status in legislature	House of Representatives: Minority House of Councillors: Minority
Opposition parties	Kaishintō Rightist Socialist Party of Japan Leftist Socialist Party of Japan Liberal Party–Hatoyama Japanese Communist Party Labourers and Farmers Party Ryokufūkai
History
Election	1953 general election
Legislature term	16th-18th National Diet
Predecessor	Fourth Yoshida Cabinet
Successor	First Ichirō Hatoyama Cabinet

The Fifth Yoshida Cabinet was the 51st Cabinet of Japan. It was headed by Shigeru Yoshida from May 21, 1953 to December 10, 1954.

Cabinet

Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Shigeru Yoshida		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Deputy Prime Minister	Taketora Ogata		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Minister of Justice	Takeru Inukai		Liberal	May 21, 1953	April 2, 1954
	Katō Ryōgorō		Liberal	April 2, 1954	June 19, 1954
	Naoshi Ohara		Liberal	June 19, 1954	December 10, 1954
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Katsuo Okazaki		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Minister of Finance	Ogasawara Sankurō		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Minister of Education	Ōdachi Shigeo		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Minister of Health	Yamagata Katsumi		Liberal	May 21, 1953	January 9, 1954
	Kusaba Ryūen		Liberal	January 9, 1954	December 10, 1954
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Uchida Nobuya		Liberal	May 21, 1953	June 22, 1953
	Shigeru Hori		Liberal	June 22, 1953	December 10, 1954
Minister of International Trade and Industry Director of the Economic Deliberation Agency	Okano Kiyohide		Liberal	May 21, 1953	January 9, 1954
	Kiichi Aichi		Liberal	January 9, 1954	December 10, 1954
Minister of Transport	Ishii Mitsujirō		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Minister of Posts Director of the Administrative Management Agency Director of the Autonomy Agency	Tsukada Juichirō		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Minister of Labor	Zentarō Kosaka		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Minister of Construction	Totsuka Kuichirō		Liberal	May 21, 1953	June 16, 1954
	Ozawa Saeki		Liberal	June 16, 1954	December 10, 1954
Director of the National Safety Agency	Kimura Tōkutarō		Liberal	May 21, 1953	July 1, 1954
Director of the Defense Agency	Kimura Tōkutarō		Liberal	July 1, 1954	December 10, 1954
Chair of the National Public Safety Commission	Zentarō Kosaka		Liberal	July 1, 1954	October 1, 1954
	Naoshi Ohara		Liberal	October 1, 1954	December 10, 1954
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency	Totsuka Kuichirō		Liberal	May 21, 1953	January 14, 1954
	Ōno Banboku		Liberal	January 14, 1954	July 27, 1954
	Taketora Ogata		Liberal	July 27, 1954	December 10, 1954
Minister of State	Andō Masazumi		Liberal	May 21, 1953	November 24, 1953
Minister of State	Ōno Banboku		Liberal	May 21, 1953	January 14, 1954
Minister of State	Ōnogi Hidejirō		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Minister of State	Katō Ryōgorō		Liberal	January 9, 1954	April 2, 1954
				June 19, 1954	December 10, 1954
Minister of State (from September 24, 1954) Chief Cabinet Secretary	Kenji Fukunaga		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Satō Tatsuo		Independent	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Tanaka Fuwazō		Liberal	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954
	Eguchi Mitoru		Independent	May 21, 1953	June 30, 1954
	Taniguchi Yutaka		Independent	August 24, 1954	December 10, 1954
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