# Hiranuma Cabinet

The Hiranuma Cabinet is the 35th Cabinet of Japan led by Hiranuma Kiichirō from January 5, 1939, to August 30, 1939. The cabinet had to contend and enforce the mobilization of Japan's economic resources for total war started under his predecessor, Fumimaro Konoe who passed the State General Mobilization Law.
The Hiranuma Cabinet was formed as a result of the collapse of Konoe's first premiership, who had resigned over his failure to negotiate an end to the Second Sino-Japanese War after breaking off relations with the Nationalist government.

## Cabinet

Ministers :
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Prime Minister | Baron Hiranuma Kiichirō | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Hachirō Arita | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Marquess Kōichi Kido | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Finance | Ishiwata Sōtarō | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of the Army | Seishirō Itagaki | | Military (Army) | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of the Navy | Mitsumasa Yonai | | Military (Navy) | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Justice | Suehiko Shiono | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Education | Baron Sadao Araki | | Military (Army) | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Yukio Sakurauchi | | Rikken Minseitō | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Yoshiaki Hatta | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Communications | Suehiko Shiono | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | April 7, 1939 |
| Minister of Communications | Harumichi Tanabe | | Independent | April 7, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Railways | Yonezō Maeda | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | Yoshiaki Hatta | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | April 7, 1939 |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | Kuniaki Koiso | | Military (Army) | April 7, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister of Health | Hirose Hisatada | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Minister without portfolio | Prince Fumimaro Konoe | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Harumichi Tanabe | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | April 7, 1939 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Ōta Kōzō | | Independent | April 7, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Kurosaki Teizō | | Independent | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Ministers ||||||
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs | Shimizu Tomesaburō | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs | Kanna Kenwa | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance | Matsumura Kōzō | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army | Nishimura Shigeo | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy | Matsuda Takechiyo | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice | Kuramoto Yōichi | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education | Koyanagi Makie | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Matsumura Kenzō | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry | Imai Takehiko | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications | Hirakawa Matsutarō | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways | Kudō Tosao | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs | Terada Ichimasa | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health | Tsuzaki Naotake | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretaries ||||||
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs | Hashimoto Takichi | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs | Nakai Kazuo | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance | Yano Shōtarō | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army | Nakaigawa Hiroshi | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy | Nakahara Kinji | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice | Hamano Tetsutarō | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education | Nonaka Tetsuya | | Kokumin Dōmei | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Hayashi Jōji | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry | Sawada Rikichi | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications | Ueda Kōkichi | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways | Aoki Ryōkan | | Rikken Minseitō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs | Etō Genkurō | | Kakushintō | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health | Ayabe Kentarō | | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 19, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
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