Third Abe Cabinet

Third Abe cabinet

97th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, December 24, 2014
Date formedDecember 24, 2014
Date dissolvedOctober 7, 2015
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of governmentShinzō Abe
Deputy head of governmentTarō Asō
Member partyLiberal DemocraticKomeito coalition
Status in legislatureHoR: LDP-K coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K coalition majority
Opposition partyDemocratic Party of Japan (2014–2016)→
Democratic Party (2016–2017)→
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017)
Opposition leaderKatsuya Okada (until October 1, 2016)
Renhō (October 1, 2016 – July 27, 2017)
Seiji Maehara (from July 27, 2017)
History
Elections2014 general election
2016 councillors election
PredecessorSecond Abe Cabinet
SuccessorFourth 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.