First Abe Cabinet

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First Abe Cabinet
90th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 26, 2006
Date formed	September 26, 2006
Date dissolved	August 27, 2007
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Akihito
Head of government	Shinzo Abe
Member party	LDP–NKP Coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party	Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader	Ichirō Ozawa
History
Election	2007 councillors election
Legislature term	172th National Diet
Predecessor	Third Koizumi Cabinet (Reshuffle)
Successor	First Abe Cabinet (Reshuffle)

The First Abe Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from September 2006 to September 2007.^[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.The cabinet faced policy issues regarding government debts and the shrinking population. ^[2]

At a joint press conference Hakuo Yanagisawa, who was appointed Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, spoke to a number of issues including reform of the Social Insurance Agency, measures against the decline in the birthrate, the unification of the Employees Pension Plan and the Mutual Pension Plan for public servants, and revision of labor-related laws. ^[2]

At the onset Prime Minister Abe's approval rating was 70%, but dropped to 30% ^[3] prior to the 2007 House of Councilors election, which resulted in the LDP losing the Upper House to the Democratic Party of Japan and becoming the second party for the first time in its history. Abe subsequently resigned, citing health reasons.^[4] Abe was criticized for not explaining his thinking enough to show where Japan was going. ^[3]

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Abe was elected to the House of Representatives in 1993, and by 1999 was serving as Director of the Committee on Health and Welfare, and as Director of the Social Affairs Division of the Liberal Democratic Party. ^[1] In 2003, Abe was elected Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party, and two years later became Chief Cabinet Secretary.

Abe took office as the first Japanese Prime Minister born in the postwar period. ^[1]

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Abe succeeded Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He maintained Koizumi's emphasis on the U.S.-Japan alliance as the basis of national defense, but he wanted Japan to be a more equal partner. One goal of his administration was to revise Japan's constitution to normalize the use of military force.^[1]

26 September 2006
Absolute majority (238/475) required

House of Representatives
Choice		First Vote
		Votes
	YShinzo Abe	339 / 475
	Ichirō Ozawa	136 / 475
Source

26 September 2006
Absolute majority (121/240) required

House of Councillors
Choice		First Vote
		Votes
	YShinzo Abe	136 / 240
	Ichirō Ozawa	104 / 240
Source

  Liberal Democratic
  New Komeito
  Independent
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors

Abe announced his Cabinet on September 26, 2006.^[1] The largest Mori faction in the Liberal Democratic Party received the most appointments.

• December 28, 2006 – Regulatory Reform Genichiro Sata resigned and was replaced by Yoshimi Watanabe.
• January 9, 2007 – A new position of Defense Minister was created, Fumio Kyūma was appointed the inaugural minister.
• May 28, 2007 – Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka committed suicide and was replaced by Norihiko Akagi.
• July 3, 2007 – Defense Minister Fumio Kyūma resigned and was replaced by Yuriko Koike.
• August 1, 2007 – Agriculture Minister Norihiko Akagi committed suicide and was replaced by Masatoshi Wakabayashi.

First Abe Cabinet (Reshuffle)
90th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, August 27, 2007
Date formed	August 27, 2007
Date dissolved	September 26, 2007
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Akihito
Head of government	Shinzo Abe
Member party	LDP–NKP Coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party	Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader	Ichirō Ozawa
History
Election	2007 councillors election
Legislature term	172th National Diet
Predecessor	First Abe Cabinet
Successor	Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet

• September 3, 2007 – Agriculture Minister Takehiko Endo resigned and was replaced by his immediate predecessor Masatoshi Wakabayashi.

Pages at the Kantei (English website):

• Abe Administration
• List of Ministers
• (Reshuffled)