The First Hashimoto Cabinet was formed in January 1996 under the leadership of

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, following the resignation of

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and head of the coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party,

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and

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. The smaller Socialist party relinquished the leadership of the government to the LDP, which was the largest party in the

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and Hashimoto (LDP President since September 1995) assumed the premiership, becoming the first LDP Prime Minister since August 1993. The three-party coalition continued, although all ministers from the

Murayama Cabinet The governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama from 1994 until a 1995 Cabinet Reshuffle. Murayama was elected prime minister by the National Diet on 29 June 1994 after the threat of a no-confidence vote had brought d ...

were replaced. The Socialists renamed themselves as the

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and Secretary-general

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became Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister. The cabinet lasted until November 1996, when it was dissolved following the

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and replaced with the

Second Hashimoto Cabinet The Second Hashimoto Cabinet governed Japan from November 1996 to July 1998 under the leadership of Ryutaro Hashimoto. Political background Hashimoto had become Prime Minister in January 1996 at the head of a three-party coalition, and was return ...

Election of the Prime Minister

Ministers

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C = Member of the

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References

External links

* List of Ministers at the

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First Hashimoto Cabinet
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