Third Satō Cabinet

HistoryElection1971 Councillors electionPredecessorSecond Satō CabinetSuccessorThird Satō Cabinet (Reshuffle)

The Third Satō Cabinet is the 63rd Cabinet of Japan headed by Eisaku Satō from January 14, 1970, to July 7, 1972.^[1]

Cabinet

• Prime Minister - Eisaku Sato
• Minister of Justice
  • Takeji Kobayashi (Member of the House of Councilors): January 14, 1970 - February 8, 1971
  • Daisuke Akita (Minister of Home Affairs): February 9–16, 1971
  • Koshiro Ueki: February 17 - July 5, 1971
• Minister for Foreign Affairs - Kiichi Aichi
• Minister of Finance - Takeo Fukuda
• Minister of Education - Michita Sakata
• Minister of Health and Welfare - Tsuneo Uchida
• Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Forestry - Tadao Kuraishi
• Minister of International Trade and Industry - Kiichi Miyazawa
• Minister of Transport - Tomisaburo Hashimoto
• Minister of Posts and Telecommunications - Ide Ichitaro
• Minister of Labor - Masakatsu Nohara
• Minister of Construction, Director of the Kinki Regional Development Agency, Director of the Chubu Regional Development and Maintenance Agency, Chair of the National Capital Region Development Commission - Ryutaro Nemoto
• Minister of Home Affairs - Daisuke Akita
• Chief Cabinet Secretary - Shigeru Mori
• Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office - Sadanori Yamanaka
• Chair of the National Public Safety Commission, Director of the Administrative Management Agency - Araki Masuo
• Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency, Director of the Science and Technology Agency - Shinichi Nishida (Member of the House of Councilors)
• Director of the Defense Agency - Yasuhiro Nakasone
• Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency - Ichiro Sato (Member of the House of Councilors)
• Director-General of the Environment Agency - Sadanori Yamanaka (Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office): Established on July 1, 1971
  • Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau - Masami Takatsuji
  • Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs) - Toshio Kimura
  • Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (General Affairs) - Mitsu Ishioka
  • Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (Political Affairs) - Tetsuro Minato: January 20, 1970 - July 5, 1971
  • Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (General Affairs)
    • Norio Iwakura: January 16, 1970 - January 8, 1971
    • Renpei Kuriyama: January 8 - July 5, 1971

Reshuffled Cabinet

Third Satō Cabinet (Reshuffle)
63rd Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	July 5, 1971
Date dissolved	July 7, 1972
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Eisaku Satō
Member party	Liberal Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Majority (Lower House) 288 / 486 (59%)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party   Kōmeitō   Democratic Socialist Party   Japanese Communist Party
History
Predecessor	Third Satō Cabinet
Successor	First Tanaka Cabinet

The Cabinet reshuffle took place on July 5, 1971.^[1]

• Prime Minister - Eisaku Sato
• Minister of Justice - Shigezaburo Maeo
• Minister for Foreign Affairs - Takeo Fukuda
• Minister of Finance - Mikio Mizuta
• Minister of Education - Saburo Takami
• Minister of Health and Welfare - Noboru Saito (Member of the House of Councilors)
• Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Forestry - Munetori Akagi
• Minister of International Trade and Industry - Kakuei Tanaka
• Minister of Transport - Kyoshirō Niwa
• Minister of Posts and Telecommunications - Masao Hirose
• Minister of Labor
  • Kensaburo Hara: July 5, 1971 - January 27, 1972
  • Toshiro Tsukahara: January 28 - July 7, 1972
• Minister of Construction, Director of the Kinki Regional Development Agency, Director of the Chubu Regional Development and Maintenance Agency, Chair of the National Capital Region Development Commission - Eiichi Nishimura
• Minister of Home Affairs, Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency - Motosaburo Watami
• Chief Cabinet Secretary - Noboru Takeshita
• Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office - Sadanori Yamanaka
• Chair of the National Public Safety Commission, Chief of the Administrative Management Agency - Torata Nakamura
• Director of the Defense Agency
  • Keikichi Masuhara (Member of the House of Councilors): July 5 - August 1, 1971
  • Naoki Nishimura: August 2, 1971 - December 5, 1971
  • Masumi Esaki: December 6, 1971 - July 7, 1972
• Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency - Toshio Kimura
• Director of the Science and Technology Agency
  • Wataru Hiraizumi (Member of the House of Councilors): July 5 - November 15, 1971
  • Shiro Kiuchi (Member of the House of Councilors): November 16, 1971 - July 7, 1972
• Director of the Environment Agency - Takeichi Oishi
• Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency - Sadanori Yamanaka (Concurrently serving as the Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office): Established on May 15, 1972
  • Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau - Masami Takatsuji
  • Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs) - Asao Mihara
  • Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (General Affairs) - Kinichi Koike
  • Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (Political Affairs) - Shigetami Sunada: July 9, 1971 - July 7, 1972
  • Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (General Affairs) - Renpei Kuriyama

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