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Ministers

Vice-ministers

II. MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS (Gunju-sho *), 19431945

1. Tojo* Hideki, 11/1/437/22/44

(concurrently prime minister)

1. Kishi Nobusuke, 11/1/437/23/44

(Gen.) Koiso Cabinet, July 22, 1944April 7, 1945

2. Fujihara Ginjiro*, 7/22/4412/19/44

(Mitsui zaibatsu)

2. Shiina Etsusaburo*, 7/23/447/28/44

3. Takeuchi Kakichi, 7/28/444/10/45

3. Yoshida Shigeru, 12/19/444/7/45

(exbureaucrat)

(Adm.) Suzuki Cabinet, April 7, 1945August 17, 1945

4. (Adm.) Toyoda Teijiro*, 4/7/458/17/45

4. Shiina Etsusaburo, 4/10/458/25/45

(Prince) Higashikuni Cabinet, August 17, 1945October 9, 1945

5. Nakajima Chikuhei, 8/17/458/25/45

(Seiyukai*)

III. MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Shoko-sho*), 19451949

1. Nakajima Chikuhei, 8/26/4510/9/45

1. Shiina Etsusaburo, 8/26/4510/12/45

Shidehara Cabinet, October 9, 1945May 22, 1946 (conservative)

2. Ogasawara Sankuro*, 10/9/455/22/46

2. Toyoda Masataka, 10/12/456/14/46

First Yoshida Cabinet, May 22, 1946May 24, 1947 (conservative)

3. Hoshijima Niro*, 5/22/461/31/47

3. Okuda Shinzo*, 6/14/462/12/47

4. Ishii Mitsujiro*, 1/31/475/24/47

4. Okamatsu Seitaro*, 2/12/4711/8/48

Katayama Cabinet, May 24, 1947March 10, 1948 (socialist coalition)

5. Mizutani Chozaburo*, 5/24/473/10/48

Ashida Cabinet, March 10, 1948October 15, 1948 (socialist coalition)

Mizutani Chozaburo, 3/10/4810/19/48

Second Yoshida Cabinet, October 15, 1948February 16, 1949 (conservative)

6. Oya* Shinzo, 10/19/482/16/49

5. Matsuda Taro*, 11/8/485/24/49

Third Yoshida Cabinet, February 16, 1949October 24, 1952 (conservative)

7. Inagaki Heitaro*, 2/16/495/24/49

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