# Ishibashi Cabinet

The Ishibashi Cabinet is the 55th Cabinet of Japan headed by Tanzan Ishibashi from December 23, 1956 to February 25, 1957.

## Cabinet

| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Prime Minister | Tanzan Ishibashi | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Prime Minister | Nobusuke Kishi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | January 31, 1957 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of Justice | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of Justice | Umekichi Nakamura | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Nobusuke Kishi | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of Finance | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of Finance | Hayato Ikeda | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of Education | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of Education | Hirokichi Nadao | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of Health | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of Health | Hiroshi Kanda | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Ichitarō Ide | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | Mikio Mizuta | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of Transport | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of Transport | Taneo Miyazawa | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of Posts | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of Posts | Tanzan Ishibashi | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 27, 1956 |
| Minister of Posts | Tarō Hirai | Liberal Democratic | December 27, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of Labor | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of Labor | Shūtarō Matsuura | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Minister of Construction Chair of the National Capital Region Development Commission | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Minister of Construction Chair of the National Capital Region Development Commission | Tokuo Nanjō | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Director of the Administrative Management Agency Chair of the National Public Safety Commission | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Director of the Administrative Management Agency Chair of the National Public Safety Commission | Tomejiro Okubo | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 27, 1956 |
| Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency | Matsusuke Kamamura | Liberal Democratic | December 27, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Director of the Autonomy Agency | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Director of the Autonomy Agency | Isaji Tanaka | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Director of the Defense Agency | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 31, 1956 |
| Director of the Defense Agency | Nobusuke Kishi | Liberal Democratic | December 31, 1956 | February 2, 1957 |
| Director of the Defense Agency | Akira Kodaki | Liberal Democratic | February 2, 1957 | February 25, 1957 |
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency Director of the Science and Technology Agency | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 |
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency Director of the Science and Technology Agency | Koichi Uda | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Hirohide Ishida | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Shūzō Hayashi | Independent | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs) | Naokichi Kitazawa | Liberal Democratic | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (General Affairs) | Eiichi Tanaka | Independent | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 |
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