Third Abe cabinet | |
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 97thCabinet of Japan | |
| 24 December 2014 –1 November 2017 | |
 Prime MinisterShinzō Abe (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside theKantei, December 24, 2014 | |
| Date formed | December 24, 2014 |
| Date dissolved | November 1, 2017 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | EmperorAkihito |
| Head of government | Shinzō Abe |
| Deputy head of government | Tarō Asō |
| Member party | Liberal Democratic–Komeitocoalition |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government HoR (Lower):Supermajority HoC (Upper): 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 |
TheThird 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 theLiberal Democratic Party and theKomeito (which had changed its name from "New Komeito" in the 2012–2014 term) and controlled both the upper and lower houses of theNational Diet.
Following the2017 general election, the Third Abe cabinet was dissolved on November 1, 2017, and it was replaced by theFourth Abe cabinet.
Following the snap "Abenomics Dissolution" andgeneral 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 theSeptember cabinet reshuffle.[1]
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.[2] The second reshuffle occurred in August 2016, following the victory of the ruling coalition in theJuly 2016 upper house elections, the first time since 1989 that the LDP held an outright majority in theHouse of Councillors.[3] The third reshuffle occurred in August 2017.
| House of Representatives Absolute majority (236/470) required | |||
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| Choice | Vote | ||
| Caucuses | Votes | ||
 YShinzō Abe | LDP (290), Independent [Speaker] (1),NKP (35), Others (2) | 328 / 470 | |
| Katsuya Okada | DPJ (72), Independent [Vice-Speaker] (1) | 73 / 470 | |
| Kenji Eda | Japan Innovation Party (41) | 41 / 470 | |
| Kazuo Shii | JCP (18) | 18 / 470 | |
| Takeo Hiranuma | PfG (2), Independent (1) | 3 / 470 | |
| Tadatomo Yoshida | SDP (2) | 2 / 470 | |
| Keiichirō Asao | Independent (1) | 1 / 470 | |
| Toshinobu Nakazato | Independent (1) | 1 / 470 | |
| Blank ballots | Independents/Others (2) | 2 / 470 | |
| Unattributable vote | (1) | 1 / 470 | |
| Source:188th Diet Session (House of Representatives)Archived 2016-09-18 at theWayback Machine (roll call only lists individual votes, not grouped by caucus) | |||
| House of Councillors Absolute majority (121/240) required | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | Vote | ||
| Caucuses | Votes | ||
| YShinzō Abe | LDP (113),NKP (20),AEJ (2) | 135 / 240 | |
| Katsuya Okada | DPJ-SR (58),PLP (2), Independent [Vice-President] (1) | 61 / 240 | |
| Kenji Eda | JIP (11) | 11 / 240 | |
| Kazuo Shii | JCP (11) | 11 / 240 | |
| Takeo Hiranuma | PFG (6) | 6 / 240 | |
| Tadatomo Yoshida | SDP (3), Independent [OSMP (1) | 4 / 240 | |
| Hiroyuki Arai | NRP-Group of Independents (2) | 2 / 240 | |
| Kōta Matsuda | AEJ (2) | 2 / 240 | |
| Tarō Yamada | AEJ (1) | 1 / 240 | |
| Tarō Yamamoto | Independent (1) | 1 / 240 | |
| Blank ballots | PFG (1), AEJ (1), Independent Club (4) | 6 / 240 | |
| Source:188th Diet Session (House of Councillors) (lists individual votes grouped by caucus) | |||
Liberal Democratic
Komeito
R = Member of theHouse of Representatives
C = Member of theHouse of Councillors
N = Non-Diet member
| Portfolio | Minister | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime minister | Shinzō Abe | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 | ||
| Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation | Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | ||
| Minister for internal affairs and communications | Sanae Takaichi | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of justice | Yōko Kamikawa | R | October 20, 2014 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Minister of foreign affairs | Fumio Kishida | R | December 26, 2012 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding | Hakubun Shimomura | R | December 26, 2012 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Minister of health, labour, and welfare | Yasuhisa Shiozaki | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries | Koya Nishikawa | R | September 3, 2014 – February 23, 2015 | ||
| Yoshimasa Hayashi | C | February 23, 2015 – October 7, 2015 | |||
| Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister in charge of the response to the economic impact caused by the nuclear accident Minister of state for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation | Yoichi Miyazawa | C | October 20, 2014 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy | Akihiro Ota | R | December 26, 2012 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness | Yoshio Mochizuki | R | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Minister of defence Minister in charge of security legislation | Gen Nakatani | R | December 24, 2014 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa | Yoshihide Suga | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 | ||
| Minister ofreconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy co-ordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima | Wataru Takeshita | R | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Chairperson of theNational Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for disaster management | Eriko Yamatani | C | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Minister of state forOkinawa andNorthern Territories affairs Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy Minister in charge of information technology policy Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" initiative Minister in charge of "Cool Japan" Strategy | Shunichi Yamaguchi | R | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Minister in charge of support for women's empowerment Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality | Haruko Arimura | C | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy | Akira Amari | R | December 26, 2012 – January 28, 2016 | ||
| Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister of state for the National Strategic Special Zones | Shigeru Ishiba | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Minister in charge of theTokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | Toshiaki Endo | R | June 25, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries | |||||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Representatives) | Katsunobu Kato | R | December 26, 2012 – October 7, 2015 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Councillors) | Hiroshige Seko | C | December 26, 2012 – August 13, 2016 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) | Kazuhiro Sugita | – | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | ||
Third Abe cabinet (First Reshuffle) | |
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97thCabinet of Japan | |
 Prime MinisterShinzō Abe (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside theKantei, October 7, 2015 | |
| Date formed | October 7, 2015 |
| Date dissolved | August 3, 2016 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | EmperorAkihito |
| Head of government | Shinzō Abe |
| Deputy head of government | Tarō Asō |
| Member party | Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government HoR (Lower):Supermajority HoC (Upper): 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 | Third Abe Cabinet |
| Successor | Third Abe Cabinet (Second Reshuffle) |
| Portfolio | Minister | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime minister | Shinzō Abe | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 | ||
| Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation | Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | ||
| Minister for internal affairs and communications | Sanae Takaichi | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of justice | Mitsuhide Iwaki | C→N | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Minister of foreign affairs | Fumio Kishida | R | December 26, 2012 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding | Hiroshi Hase | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Minister of health, labour, and welfare | Yasuhisa Shiozaki | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries | Hiroshi Moriyama | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister in charge of the response to the economic impact caused by the nuclear accident Minister of state for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation | Motoo Hayashi | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy | Keiichi Ishii | R | October 7, 2015 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness | Tamayo Marukawa | C | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Minister of defence | Gen Nakatani | R | December 24, 2014 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa | Yoshihide Suga | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 | ||
| Minister ofreconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy co-ordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima | Tsuyoshi Takagi | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Chairman of theNational Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister of state for disaster management | Taro Kono | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Minister of state forOkinawa andNorthern Territories affairs Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues Minister in charge of information technology policy Minister in charge of "Cool Japan" strategy | Aiko Shimajiri | C→N | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy | Akira Amari | R | December 26, 2012 – January 28, 2016 | ||
| Nobuteru Ishihara | R | January 28, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | |||
| Minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens Minister in charge of women's empowerment Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" initiative Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality | Katsunobu Katō | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister of State for the National Strategic Special Zones | Shigeru Ishiba | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Minister in charge of theTokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | Toshiaki Endo | R | June 25, 2015 – August 3, 2016 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries | |||||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Representatives) | Kōichi Hagiuda | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Councillors) | Hiroshige Seko | C | December 26, 2012 – August 13, 2016 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) | Kazuhiro Sugita | – | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | ||
Third Abe cabinet (Second Reshuffle) | |
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97thCabinet of Japan | |
 Prime MinisterShinzō Abe (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside theKantei, August 3, 2016 | |
| Date formed | August 3, 2016 |
| Date dissolved | August 3, 2017 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | EmperorAkihito |
| Head of government | Shinzō Abe |
| Deputy head of government | Tarō Asō |
| Member party | Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government HoR (Lower):Supermajority HoC (Upper): 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 | Third Abe cabinet (First Reshuffle) |
| Successor | Third Abe cabinet (Third Reshuffle) |
| Portfolio | Minister | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime minister | Shinzō Abe | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2021 | ||
| Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation | Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | ||
| Minister for internal affairs and communications Minister of state for the social security and tax number system | Sanae Takaichi | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of justice | Katsutoshi Kaneda | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of foreign affairs | Fumio Kishida | R | December 26, 2012 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding | Hirokazu Matsuno | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of health, labour, and welfare | Yasuhisa Shiozaki | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries | Yuji Yamamoto | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister for economic co-operation with Russia Minister in charge of the response to the economic impact caused by the nuclear accident Minister of state for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation | Hiroshige Sekō | C | August 3, 2016 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy | Keiichi Ishii | R | October 7, 2015 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness | Koichi Yamamoto | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of defence | Tomomi Inada | R | August 3, 2016 – July 28, 2017 | ||
| Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa | Yoshihide Suga | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 | ||
| Minister ofreconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy co-ordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima | Masahiro Imamura | R | August 3, 2016 – April 26, 2017 | ||
| Masayoshi Yoshino | R | April 26, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | |||
| Chairman of theNational Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for disaster management | Jun Matsumoto | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister of state forOkinawa andNorthern Territories affairs Minister of state for "Cool Japan" strategy Minister of State for the intellectual property strategy Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy Minister in charge of information technology policy | Yōsuke Tsuruho | C | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy | Nobuteru Ishihara | R | January 28, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens Minister for working-style reform Minister in charge of women's empowerment Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" initiative Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality | Katsunobu Katō | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform | Kozo Yamamoto | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Minister in charge of theTokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | Tamayo Marukawa | C | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries | |||||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Representatives) | Kōichi Hagiuda | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Councillors) | Kōtarō Nogami | C | August 13, 2016 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) | Kazuhiro Sugita | – | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | ||
Third Abe cabinet (Third Reshuffle) | |
|---|---|
97thCabinet of Japan | |
 Prime MinisterShinzō Abe (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside theKantei, August 3, 2017 | |
| Date formed | August 3, 2017 |
| Date dissolved | November 1, 2017 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | EmperorAkihito |
| Head of government | Shinzō Abe |
| Deputy head of government | Tarō Asō |
| Member party | Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government HoR (Lower):Supermajority HoC (Upper): 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 | Third Abe Cabinet (Second Reshuffle) |
| Successor | Fourth Abe Cabinet |
| Portfolio | Minister | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime minister | Shinzō Abe | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 | ||
| Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation | Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | ||
| Minister for internal affairs and communications Minister in charge of women's empowerment Minister of state for the social security and tax number system | Seiko Noda | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Minister of justice | Yōko Kamikawa | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Minister of foreign affairs | Taro Kono | R | August 3, 2017 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding | Yoshimasa Hayashi | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Minister of health, labour, and welfare Minister for working-style reform Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister of state for the abduction issue | Katsunobu Katō | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries | Ken Saitō | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister for economic co-operation with Russia Minister in charge of the response to the economic impact caused by the nuclear accident Minister of state for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation | Hiroshige Sekō | C | August 3, 2016 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy | Keiichi Ishii | R | October 7, 2015 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness | Masaharu Nakagawa | C | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Minister of defence | Itsunori Onodera | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa | Yoshihide Suga | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 | ||
| Minister ofreconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy coordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima | Masayoshi Yoshino | R | April 26, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Chairperson of theNational Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for disaster management | Hachiro Okonogi | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Minister of state forOkinawa andNorthern Territories affairs Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for ocean policy Minister in charge of territorial issues | Tetsuma Esaki | R | August 3, 2017 – February 27, 2018 | ||
| Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy | Toshimitsu Motegi | R | August 3, 2017 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens Minister in charge of information technology policy Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality Minister of state for "Cool Japan" strategy Minister of state for the intellectual property strategy Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy | Masaji Matsuyama | C | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Minister of state for regional revitalization Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister in charge of regional revitalization Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform | Hiroshi Kajiyama | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Minister in charge of theTokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | Shunichi Suzuki | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries | |||||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Representatives) | Yasutoshi Nishimura | R | August 3, 2017 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Councillors) | Kōtarō Nogami | C | August 13, 2016 – September 11, 2019 | ||
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) | Kazuhiro Sugita | – | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 | ||
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