The Third Abe cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of the prime minister,

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, from December 2014 to November 2017. The government was a coalition between the

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and the

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(which had changed its name from "New Komeito" in the 2012–2014 term) and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the

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. Following the 2017 general election, the Third Abe cabinet was dissolved on November 1, 2017, and it was replaced by the Fourth Abe cabinet.

Background

Following the snap "Abenomics Dissolution" and general election of 2014, Abe was re-elected by the Diet and chose to retain all the ministers from his previous cabinet except the defense minister, Akinori Eto, who had been involved in a money scandal. Abe explained that he aimed to avoid the disruption of another major personnel change only three months after the September cabinet reshuffle. Abe conducted three reshuffles of his third administration. The first took place in October 2015 following his re-election to another three-year term as president of the LDP and the launch of his "Abenomics 2.0" policies. The second reshuffle occurred in August 2016, following the victory of the ruling coalition in the July 2016 upper house elections, the first time since 1989 that the LDP held an outright majority in the

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. The third reshuffle occurred in August 2017.

Election of the prime minister

Lists of ministers

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Cabinet

Changes

* February 23, 2015 – The agriculture minister, Koya Nishikawa, resigned because of a campaign finance scandal. His immediate predecessor, Yoshimasa Hayashi, was recalled to replace him. * June 25, 2015 – A new position of minister for the Olympics was created. Toshiaki Endo was appointed the inaugural minister.

First reshuffled cabinet

Changes

* January 28, 2016 – The economic revitalization minister,

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, resignedbecause of a bribery scandal and was replaced with

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. * July 2016 – The justice minister,

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, and the Okinawa minister, Aiko Shimajiri, lost their seats in the House of Councillors election but remained in office as ministers until the August cabinet reshuffle.

Second reshuffled cabinet

Changes

* April 26, 2017 – The reconstruction minister,

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, was dismissed because of comments he made about the

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and was replaced by Masayoshi Yoshino. * July 28, 2017 – The defense minister, Tomomi Inada, resigned.

Third reshuffled cabinet

References

External links

Pages at the Kantei (English website):
List of Ministers December 2014 – October 2015
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