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Yukio Hatoyama elected new PM
1. On Wednesday September 16, Mr. Yukio HATOYAMA, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), was designated by the Diet and appointed by the Emperor of Japan as Japan’s 93rd Prime Minister.
With the exception of a brief period 16 years ago, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had held power prior to this election for more than half a century.
Mr. HATOYAMA is 62 years old. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1969 and received a Ph.D. in Managerial engineering from Stanford University in 1976. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1986 and has been the leader of DPJ since last May after succeeding Mr. Ichiro OZAWA.
2. Mr. HATOYAMA also formed a cabinet, establishing a coalition government with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the People's New Party (PNP).
The ministers are as follows :
Prime Minister |
Yukio HATOYAMA (DPJ) |
R |
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of State for National Strategy
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy |
Naoto KAN (DPJ) |
R |
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Decentralization Reform |
Kazuhiro HARAGUCHI (DPJ) |
R |
Minister of Justice |
Keiko CHIBA (DPJ) |
C |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Katsuya OKADA (DPJ) |
R |
Minister of Finance |
Hirohisa FUJII (DPJ) |
R |
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
Tatsuo KAWABATA (DPJ) |
R |
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Minister of State for Pension Reform |
Akira NAGATSUMA (DPJ) |
R |
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
Hirotaka AKAMATSU (DPJ) |
R |
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
Masayuki NAOSHIMA (DPJ) |
C |
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, and Disaster Management |
Seiji MAEHARA (DPJ) |
R |
Minister of the Environment |
Sakihito OZAWA |
R |
Minister of Defence |
Toshimi KITAZAWA |
C |
Chief Cabinet Secretary |
Hirofumi HIRANO (DPJ) |
R |
Chairman of the National Commission on Public Safety
Minister of State for the Abuduction Issue |
Hiroshi NAKAI (DPJ) |
R |
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister of State for Postal Reform |
Shizuka KAMEI (PNP) |
R |
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety, Social Affairs and Gender Equality |
Mizuho FUKUSHIMA (SDP) |
C |
Minister of State for Administration Reform and Civil Service Reform |
Yoshito SENGOKU (DPJ) |
R |
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