First Mori Cabinet
The First Mori Cabinet briefly governed Japan between April and July 2000, after the sudden incapacitation of Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi and his replacement by Yoshirō Mori, who had been LDP Secretary General. Mori called his government "the Japan revival cabinet", but made no personnel changes when he took office, pledging to retain Obuchi's ministers, maintain the 3-party coalition and continue his policies to try to revive the economy.[1][2][3]
| First Mori Cabinet | |
|---|---|
 85th Cabinet of Japan | |
 | |
| Date formed | April 5, 2000 |
| Date dissolved | July 4, 2000 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Emperor Akihito |
| Head of government | Yoshirō Mori |
| Member party | LDP-NKP-NCP coalition |
| Status in legislature | Majority coalition |
| Opposition party | Democratic Party of Japan |
| Opposition leader | Yukio Hatoyama |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Obuchi Cabinet |
| Successor | Second Mori Cabinet |
Mori proved an unpopular Prime Minister due to a series of gaffes and the manner of his coming to power, and called early general elections for June 2000 to pre-empt a continuing decline in the LDP's poll numbers.[4][5] In the elections, the LDP lost the majority that it had built up through opposition defections since 1996, but the coalition held enough seats to retain government.[6] Therefore, the cabinet was dissolved in July when Mori was re-elected by the National Diet and replaced with the Second Mori Cabinet.
Election of the Prime Minister
| House of Representatives Absolute majority (251/500) required | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | First Vote | ||
| Votes | |||
 Yoshirō Mori |
335 / 500 | ||
| Yukio Hatoyama | 95 / 500 | ||
| Others and Abstentions (Including blank ballots) | 70 / 500 | ||
| Source Diet Minutes - 147th Session | |||
Ministers
Liberal Democratic
New Komeito
New Conservative
Independent
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
Cabinet
| Portfolio | Minister | Term of Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori | R | April 5, 2000 - April 26, 2001 | |
| Minister of Justice | Hideo Usui | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Yōhei Kōno | R | October 5, 1999 - April 26, 2001 | |
| Minister of Finance | Kiichi Miyazawa | R | July 30, 1998 - April 26, 2001 | |
| Minister of Education Director of the Science and Technology Agency |
Hirofumi Nakasone | C | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | Yuya Niwa | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Tokuichiro Tamazawa | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | Takashi Fukaya | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Minister of Transport Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency |
Toshihiro Nikai | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | Eita Yashiro | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Minister of Labour | Takamori Makino | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Minister of Construction Director of the National Land Agency |
Masaaki Nakayama | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Minister of Home Affairs Director of the National Public Safety Commission |
Kosuke Hori | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Director of the Okinawa Development Agency |
Mikio Aoki | C | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission | Sadakazu Tanigaki | R | February 25, 2000 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Director of the Management and Coordination Agency | Kunihiro Tsuzuki | C | October 5, 1999 - December 5, 2000 | |
| Director of the Japan Defense Agency | Tsutomu Kawara | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency | Taichi Sakaiya | - | July 30, 1998 - December 5, 2000 | |
| Director of the Environment Agency | Kayoko Shimizu | C | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Deputy Secretaries | ||||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives) | Fukushiro Nukaga | R | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors) | Soichiro Matsutani | C | October 5, 1999 - July 4, 2000 | |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) | Teijiro Furukawa | - | February 24, 1995 - September 22, 2003 | |
References
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- Schmetzer, Uli (6 April 2000). "Many Japanese Not Sold On Leader They Didn't Choose". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "Mori pledges Japan 'rebirth'". BBC News. 7 April 2000. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "Mori defies his poll rating and calls election". Irish Times. 3 June 2000. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "Mori set to dissolve Diet for elections on June 25". The Japan Times. 2 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- French, Howard W. (26 June 2000). "GOVERNING PARTY IN JAPAN SUFFERS ELECTION SETBACK". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)