Third Abe cabinet | |
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 97th Cabinet of Japan | |
 Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, December 24, 2014 | |
| Date formed | December 24, 2014 |
| Date dissolved | October 7, 2015 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Emperor Akihito |
| Head of government | Shinzō Abe |
| Deputy head of government | Tarō Asō |
| Member party | Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition |
| Status in legislature | HoR: LDP-K coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K coalition majority |
| Opposition party | Democratic Party of Japan (2014–2016)→ Democratic Party (2016–2017)→ Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017) |
| Opposition leader | Katsuya Okada (until October 1, 2016) Renhō (October 1, 2016 – July 27, 2017) Seiji Maehara (from July 27, 2017) |
| History | |
| Elections | 2014 general election 2016 councillors election |
| Predecessor | Second Abe Cabinet |
| Successor | Fourth 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 and the Komeito (which had changed its name from "New Komeito" in the 2012–2014 term) 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.