First Abe Cabinet

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First Abe Cabinet
90th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 26, 2006
Date formed	September 26, 2006
Date dissolved	September 26, 2007
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Akihito
Head of government	Shinzo Abe
Member party	LDP–NKP Coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party	Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader	Ichirō Ozawa
History
Election(s)	2007 Councillors election
Predecessor	Third Koizumi Cabinet
Successor	Fukuda Cabinet

The First Abe Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from September 2006 to September 2007.^{[citation needed]} 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.

Background[]

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Election of the Prime Minister[]

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26 September 2006
Absolute majority (238/475) required

House of Representatives
Choice		First Vote
		Votes
	YShinzo Abe	339 / 475
	Ichirō Ozawa	136 / 475
Source

26 September 2006
Absolute majority (121/240) required

House of Councillors
Choice		First Vote
		Votes
	YShinzo Abe	136 / 240
	Ichirō Ozawa	104 / 240
Source

Lists of Ministers[]

  Liberal Democratic
  New Komeito
  Independent
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors

Cabinet[]

Changes[]

• December 28, 2006 – Regulatory Reform Genichiro Sata resigned and was replaced by Yoshimi Watanabe.
• January 9, 2007 – A new position of Defense Minister was created, Fumio Kyūma was appointed the inaugural minister.
• May 28, 2007 – Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka committed suicide and was replaced by Norihiko Akagi.
• July 3, 2007 – Defense Minister Fumio Kyūma resigned and was replaced by Yuriko Koike.
• August 1, 2007 – Agriculture Minister Norihiko Akagi committed suicide and was replaced by Masatoshi Wakabayashi.

Reshuffled Cabinet[]

PM Abe with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, August 27, 2007.

Changes[]

• September 3, 2007 – Agriculture Minister Takehiko Endo resigned and was replaced by his immediate predecessor Masatoshi Wakabayashi.

References[]

External links[]

Pages at the Kantei (English website):

• Abe Administration
• List of Ministers
• (Reshuffled)