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Kan Cabinet (Formed June 8, 2010)

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Yukio Edano

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Yukio Edano

Date of birth: May 31, 1964

Party: Democratic Party of Japan

Electoral district: Lower House; Saitama No. 5 (sixth term)

Edano is viewed as a leading DPJ administrative reform advocate. The Tochigi native was a key member of the reform panel last year that cut wasteful spending at government-related organizations.

Edano became DPJ secretary general last June after party don Ichiro Ozawa stepped down with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. His term as party No. 2 only lasted four months. Between February and June, he was administrative reform minister.

A law graduate of Tohoku University, Edano entered politics in 1993 in Japan New Party, then joined New Party Sakigake. He backed Kan as health minister when he exposed the HIV tainted-blood debacle in 1996 and recognized the state's culpability.

Sakigake was part of a ruling bloc including the LDP.


*Appointed to take over duties of Renho (State Minister in charge of Government Revitalization) June. 27, 2011.

 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Naoto Kan

PRIME MINISTER

Naoto Kan

FINANCE MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

FINANCE MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

DEFENSE MINISTER Toshimi Kitazawa

DEFENSE MINISTER

Toshimi Kitazawa

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY

Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Renho

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Renho

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Shozaburo Jimi

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS Yoshihiro Katayama

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Yoshihiro Katayama

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Yoshiaki Takaki

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Yoshiaki Takaki

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE Ritsuo Hosokawa

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE

Ritsuo Hosokawa

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES Michihiko Kano

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Michihiko Kano

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM Akihiro Ohata

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM

Akihiro Ohata

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Ryu Matsumoto

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

Ryu Matsumoto

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY Banri Kaieda

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY

Banri Kaieda

JUSTICE MINISTER Satsuki Eda

JUSTICE MINISTER

Satsuki Eda

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Kansei Nakano

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Kansei Nakano

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY Kaoru Yosano

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY

Kaoru Yosano