Third Abe Cabinet


The Third Abe cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of the prime minister, Shinzō Abe, from December 2014 to November 2017. The government was a coalition between the Liberal [Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party] and the Komeito and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.
Following the 2017 general election, the Third Abe cabinet was dissolved on November 1, 2017, and it was replaced by the Fourth Abe cabinet.

Background

Following the snap "Abenomics Dissolution" and general election of 2014, Abe was re-elected by the Diet and chose to retain all the ministers from his previous cabinet except the defense minister, Akinori Eto, who had been involved in a money scandal. Abe explained that he aimed to avoid the disruption of another major personnel change only three months after the Second Abe Cabinet#September 3.2C 2014 - [December 24.2C 2014|September cabinet reshuffle].
Abe conducted three reshuffles of his third administration. The first took place in October 2015 following his re-election to another three-year term as president of the LDP and the launch of his "Abenomics 2.0" policies. The second reshuffle occurred in August 2016, following the victory of the ruling coalition in the 2016 [Japanese House of Councillors election|July 2016 upper house elections], the first time since 1989 that the LDP held an outright majority in the House of Councillors. The third reshuffle occurred in August 2017.

Lists of ministers




R = Member of the House of Representatives

C = Member of the House of Councillors　

N = Non-Diet member

Cabinet

Changes

  • February 23, 2015 – The agriculture minister, Koya Nishikawa, resigned because of a campaign finance scandal. His immediate predecessor, Yoshimasa Hayashi, was recalled to replace him.
  • June 25, 2015 – A new position of minister for the Olympics was created. Toshiaki Endo was appointed the inaugural minister.

First reshuffled cabinet

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Second reshuffled cabinet

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