{{Short description|1996 cabinet of Japan}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = First Hashimoto Cabinet | cabinet_type = | cabinet_number = 82nd | jurisdiction = Japan | flag = Flag of Japan.svg | flag_border = true | incumbent = | image = 300px | caption = Prime Minister Ryūtarō Hashimoto (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, 11 January 1996 | date_formed = 11 January 1996 | date_dissolved = 7 November 1996 | government_head = Ryūtarō Hashimoto | government_head_history = | state_head = Akihito | state_head_title = Emperor | deputy_government_head = Wataru Kubo | government_head_title = Prime Minister | deputy_government_head_title = Deputy Prime Minister | members_number = 20 | former_members_number = | total_number = 21 | political_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan, pre-2017)}}|border=darkgray}} Liberal Democratic Party<br>{{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Social Democratic Party<br>{{Color box|{{party color|New Party Sakigake}}|border=darkgray}} New Party Sakigake | legislature_status = HoR: Majority coalition<br>HoC: Majority coalition | opposition_cabinet = | opposition_party = {{Color box|{{party color|New Frontier Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} New Frontier Party<br>{{Color box|{{party color|Japan Communist Party}}|border=darkgray}} Japanese Communist Party<br>{{Color box|{{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}|border=darkgray}} New Socialist Party of Japan<br>{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal League (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Liberal League | opposition_leader = Ichirō Ozawa | election = | last_election = 1996 Japanese general election | legislature_term = | budget = | advice_and_consent1 = | incoming_formation = | outgoing_formation = | predecessor = Murayama Cabinet | successor = Second Hashimoto Cabinet }}
The '''First Hashimoto Cabinet''' was formed in January 1996 under the leadership of Ryutaro Hashimoto, following the resignation of Tomiichi Murayama as Prime Minister of Japan and head of the coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan Socialist Party and New Party Sakigake. The smaller Socialist party relinquished the leadership of the government to the LDP, which was the largest party in the Diet and Hashimoto (LDP President since September 1995) assumed the premiership, becoming the first LDP Prime Minister since August 1993.<ref>{{cite web|title=A History of the Liberal Democratic Party |url=https://www.jimin.jp/english/about-ldp/history/104301.html |publisher=Liberal Democratic Party |accessdate=8 December 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127025742/https://www.jimin.jp/english/about-ldp/history/104301.html |archivedate=27 November 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pollack |first1=Andrew |title=Man in the News: Ryutaro Hashimoto;A Japanese Unafraid of the Summit |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/11/world/man-in-the-news-ryutaro-hashimoto-a-japanese-unafraid-of-the-summit.html |accessdate=8 December 2016 |work=New York Times |date=11 January 1996 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526162937/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/11/world/man-in-the-news-ryutaro-hashimoto-a-japanese-unafraid-of-the-summit.html |archivedate=26 May 2015 }}</ref>
The three-party coalition continued, although all ministers from the Murayama Cabinet were replaced. The Socialists renamed themselves as the Social Democratic Party and Secretary-general Wataru Kubo became Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ito |first1=Shingo |title=Hashimoto names new cabinet and pledges to give strong leadership |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/hashimoto-names-new-cabinet-and-pledges-to-give-strong-leadership-1.21060 |accessdate=8 December 2016 |publisher=Irish Times |date=12 January 1996 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208023317/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/hashimoto-names-new-cabinet-and-pledges-to-give-strong-leadership-1.21060 |archivedate=8 December 2016 }}</ref> The cabinet lasted until November 1996, when it was dissolved following the 1996 general election and replaced with the Second Hashimoto Cabinet.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Efron |first1=Sonni |title=Japan Re-elects Ryutaro Hashimoto To Second Term as Prime Minister |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V116/N57/japan.57w.html |accessdate=8 December 2016 |issue=57 |publisher=The Tech |date=8 November 1996 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808142528/http://tech.mit.edu/V116/N57/japan.57w.html |archivedate=8 August 2012 }}</ref>
== Election of the prime minister == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" |+ 11 January 1996<br/>{{small|Absolute majority required}} |- ! colspan="4"| House of Representatives |- ! align="left" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="100"| Choice ! colspan="2"| Runoff Vote |- ! width="100"| Votes |- style="background:lightgreen;" | width="1" bgcolor="green"| | align="left"| {{tick}}'''Ryutaro Hashimoto''' | {{Composition bar|288|511|hex=green}} |- | bgcolor="red"| | align="left"| Ichirō Ozawa | {{Composition bar|167|511|hex=red}} |- | bgcolor="gray"| | align="left"| Others and Abstentions (Including Speaker and Deputy) | {{Composition bar|56|511|hex=gray}} |- |colspan=3| Source [http://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/SENTAKU/syugiin/135/0001/13501110001001.pdf Diet Minutes] |- |}
== Ministers == {{legend2|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Liberal Democratic|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br /> {{legend2|{{party color|New Party Sakigake}}|New Party Sakigake|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br /> {{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Social Democratic|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br /> R = Member of the House of Representatives <br />C = Member of the House of Councillors
{|class="wikitable" |+ Cabinet of Ryutaro Hashimoto from January 11 to November 7, 1996 ! Portfolio ! colspan=3 | Minister ! Term of Office |- | Prime Minister ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Ryutaro Hashimoto | R | January 11, 1996 - July 30, 1998 |- | Deputy Prime Minister <br />Minister of Finance ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Wataru Kubo | C | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of Justice ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Ritsuko Nagao | - | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of Foreign Affairs ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Yukihiko Ikeda | R | January 11, 1996 - September 11, 1997 |- | Minister of Education ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Mikio Okuda | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of Health and Welfare ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|New Party Sakigake}}" | | Naoto Kan | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Ichizo Ohara | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of International Trade and Industry ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Shunpei Tsukahara | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of Transport ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Yoshiyuki Kamei | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Ichiro Hino | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of Labour ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Takanobu Nagai | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of Construction ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Eiichi Nakao | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Minister of Home Affairs <br />Director of the National Public Safety Commission ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Hiroyuki Kurata | C | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Chief Cabinet Secretary ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Seiroku Kajiyama | R | January 11, 1996 - September 11, 1997 |- | Director of the Management and Coordination Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Sekisuke Nakanishi | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency <br />Director of the Okinawa Development Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Saburo Okabe | C | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Director of the Japan Defense Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Hideo Usui | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Director of the Economic Planning Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|New Party Sakigake}}" | | Shusei Tanaka | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Director of the Science and Technology Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Hidenao Nakagawa | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Director of the Environment Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Sukio Iwadare | R | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |- | Director of the National Land Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Kazumi Suzuki | C | January 11, 1996 - November 7, 1996 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * List of Ministers at the Kantei: [http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/rekidai/kakuryo/82.html First Hashimoto Cabinet] {{in lang|ja}}
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