# Second Yoshida Cabinet

The Second Yoshida Cabinet is the 48th Cabinet of Japan. It was headed by Shigeru Yoshida from 15 October 1948 to 16 February 1949, during the Allied occupation.

## Cabinet

| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Hayashi Jōji | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Attorney General | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | November 7, 1948 |
| Attorney General | Ueda Shunkichi | | Independent | November 7, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Shigeru Yoshida | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of Finance | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of Finance | Izumiyama Sanroku | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | December 14, 1948 |
| Minister of Finance | Shinzō Ōya | | Democratic Liberal | December 14, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of Education | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of Education | Shimojo Yasumaro | | Ryokufūkai | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of Health | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of Health | Hayashi Jōji | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Sutō Hideo | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Shinzō Ōya | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of Transport | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of Transport | Ozawa Saeki | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of Communications | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of Communications | Furuhata Tokuya | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of Labor | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of Labor | Masuda Kaneshichi | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of Construction | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of Construction | Masutani Shūji | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of State Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board Chair of the Price Board Director of the Central Economic Research Agency | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 2, 1948 |
| Minister of State Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board Chair of the Price Board Director of the Central Economic Research Agency | Izumiyama Sanroku | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | December 14, 1948 |
| Minister of State Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board Chair of the Price Board Director of the Central Economic Research Agency | Sutō Hideo (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | December 14, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of State Director of the Administrative Management Agency | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of State Director of the Administrative Management Agency | Ueda Shunkichi | | Independent | October 19, 1948 | November 10, 1948 |
| Minister of State Director of the Administrative Management Agency | Kudō Tetsuo | | Democratic Liberal | November 10, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of State Director-General of the Board of Reparations | Shigeru Yoshida (acting) | | Democratic Liberal | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of State Director-General of the Board of Reparations | Inoue Tomoharu | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of State Chairman of the Local Finance Committee | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | October 15, 1948 | October 19, 1948 |
| Minister of State Chairman of the Local Finance Committee | Iwamoto Nobuyuki | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 10, 1949 |
| Minister of State Chairman of the Local Finance Committee | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | February 10, 1949 | February 16, 1949 |
| Minister of State | Mori Kōtarō | | Democratic Liberal | October 19, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Eisaku Satō | | Democratic Liberal | October 17, 1948 | February 16, 1949 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Hashimoto Ryōgo | | Independent | October 17, 1948 | December 26, 1948 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Kōri Yūichi | | Independent | October 17, 1948 | December 26, 1948 |
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