# Second Matsukata Cabinet

The Second Matsukata Cabinet is the sixth Cabinet of Japan led by Matsukata Masayoshi from September 18, 1896, to January 12, 1898.

## Cabinet

Second Matsukata Cabinet :
| Portfolio | Minister | Political party | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Prime Minister | Count Matsukata Masayoshi | | Independent | September 18, 1896 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Marquess Saionji Kinmochi | | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 22, 1896 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Count Ōkuma Shigenobu | | Shimpotō | September 22, 1896 | November 6, 1897 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Baron Nishi Tokujirō | | Independent | November 6, 1897 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Count Itagaki Taisuke | | Liberal | September 18, 1896 | September 20, 1896 |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Count Kabayama Sukenori | | Military (Navy) | September 20, 1896 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister of Finance | Count Matsukata Masayoshi | | Independent | September 18, 1896 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister of the Army | Count Ōyama Iwao | | Military (Army) | September 18, 1896 | September 20, 1896 |
| Minister of the Army | Viscount Takashima Tomonosuke | | Military (Army) | September 20, 1896 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister of the Navy | Marquess Saigō Jūdō | | Kokumin Kyōkai | September 18, 1896 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister of Justice | Viscount Yoshikawa Akimasa | | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 26, 1896 |
| Minister of Justice | Kiyoura Keigo | | Study Group | September 26, 1896 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister of Education | Marquess Saionji Kinmochi | | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 28, 1896 |
| Minister of Education | Marquess Hachisuka Mochiaki | | Independent | September 28, 1896 | November 6, 1897 |
| Minister of Education | Hamao Arata | | Independent | November 6, 1897 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | Viscount Enomoto Takeaki | | Military (Navy) | September 18, 1896 | March 29, 1897 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | Count Ōkuma Shigenobu | | Shimpotō | March 29, 1897 | November 6, 1897 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | November 6, 1897 | November 8, 1897 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | Baron Yamada Nobumichi | | Independent | November 8, 1897 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister of Communications | Shirane Sen'ichi | | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 26, 1896 |
| Minister of Communications | Viscount Yasushi Nomura | | Independent | September 26, 1896 | January 12, 1898 |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | Viscount Takashima Tomonosuke | | Military (Army) | September 18, 1896 | September 2, 1897 |
| Minister without portfolio | Count Kuroda Kiyotaka | | Military (Army) | September 18, 1896 | January 12, 1898 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Kenzo Takahashi | | Shimpotō | September 18, 1896 | October 8, 1897 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Narinobu Hirayama | | Independent | October 8, 1897 | January 12, 1898 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Suematsu Kenchō | | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 30, 1896 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Tomotsune Komuchi | | Shimpotō | September 30, 1896 | October 28, 1897 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Ume Kenjirō | | Independent | October 28, 1897 | January 12, 1898 |
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