Suga Cabinet

Suga Cabinet

99th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 16, 2020
Date formedSeptember 16, 2020
Date dissolvedOctober 4, 2021
People and organisations
EmperorNaruhito
Head of governmentYoshihide Suga
Head of government's historyMember of the HoR for Kanagawa 2nd district (1996–present)
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2006–2007)
Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012–2020)
Deputy head of governmentTarō Asō
Total no. of members27
Member party  Liberal Democratic Party
  Komeito
Status in legislatureHoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition partyConstitutional Democratic Party
Opposition leaderYukio Edano
History
PredecessorFourth Abe Cabinet
SuccessorFirst Kishida Cabinet

The Suga Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from 16 September 2020 to 4 October 2021.[1] 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.

Following his resignation, the Suga cabinet was dissolved on October 4, 2021, and replaced with the First Kishida Cabinet after being in office for 384 days.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Suga becomes Japan PM, forms continuity Cabinet as Abe era ends". Kyodo News. September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Resignation En Masse of the Suga Cabinet (The Prime Minister in Action) | Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet". japan.kantei.go.jp. Cabinet Public Relations Office. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Suga's Cabinet Resigns En Masse". Jiji Press. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Suga Cabinet resigns en masse after 384 days in office". the-japan-news.com. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.