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Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)
The Second Kishida Cabinet was the 101st Cabinet of Japan and was formed in November 2021 by Fumio Kishida, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Japan. 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. It was the successor to Kishida's previous cabinet. On October 1, 2024, the cabinet resigned in a body. Background After Fumio Kishida called for a general election and won a supermajority on 31 October 2021, he was re-elected as the prime minister at a special session of the National Diet on 10 November 2021. As his first cabinet only served 37 days, the shortest term in history, Kishida reappointed nearly all of the ministers from the previous cabinet following re-election. On 10 August 2022, the cabinet was reshuffled. 7 MPs with ties to the Unification Church (UC) were dismissed following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 31 October 2021, as required by the Constitution of Japan, constitution. Voting took place in all List of districts of the House of Representatives of Japan, constituencies in order to elect List of members of the Diet of Japan, members to the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives, the lower house of the Diet of Japan, National Diet. As the constitution requires the Cabinet of Japan, cabinet to resign in the first Diet session after a general election, the elections will also lead to a new Election of the Prime Minister of Japan, election for Prime Minister in the Diet, and the appointment of a new cabinet, although ministers may be re-appointed. The election was the first general election of the Reiwa era. The election followed a tumultuous period in Japanese politics which saw the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2020 due to health issues and the short premiership of his successor Yoshihide Suga, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
