The Kuroda Cabinet is the second Cabinet of Japan led by Kuroda Kiyotaka from April 30, 1888 to October 25, 1889. It was the first in the series of "transcendental cabinets" () ostensibly standing above political parties and accountable only to the Japanese Emperor, not the National Diet.
Cabinet + Kuroda CabinetPortfolioMinisterPolitical partyTerm startTerm endPrime MinisterCount Kuroda KiyotakaIndependentApril 30, 1888October 25, 1889Minister for Foreign AffairsCount Ōkuma ShigenobuIndependentApril 30, 1888October 25, 1889Minister of Home AffairsCount Yamagata AritomoMilitary (Army)April 30, 1888October 25, 1889Count Matsukata Masayoshi (acting)IndependentDecember 3, 1888October 3, 1889Minister of FinanceCount Matsukata MasayoshiIndependentApril 30, 1888October 25, 1889Minister of the ArmyCount Ōyama IwaoMilitary (Army)April 30, 1888October 25, 1889Minister of the NavyCount Saigō JūdōMilitary (Navy)April 30, 1888October 25, 1889Minister of JusticeCount Yamada AkiyoshiMilitary (Army)April 30, 1888October 25, 1889Minister of EducationViscount Mori ArinoriIndependentApril 30, 1888February 12, 1889VacantFebruary 12, 1889February 16, 1889Count Ōyama Iwao (acting)Military (Army)February 16, 1889March 22, 1889Viscount Enomoto TakeakiMilitary (Navy)March 22, 1889October 25, 1889Minister of Agriculture and CommerceViscount Enomoto Takeaki (acting)Military (Navy)April 30, 1888July 25, 1888Count Inoue KaoruIndependentJuly 25, 1888October 25, 1889Minister of CommunicationsViscount Enomoto TakeakiMilitary (Navy)April 30, 1888March 22, 1889Count Gotō ShōjirōIndependentMarch 22, 1889October 25, 1889Minister without portfolioCount Itō HirobumiIndependentApril 30, 1888October 25, 1889Chief Cabinet SecretaryKomaki MasanariIndependentMay 28, 1888October 25, 1889Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauInoue KowashiIndependentMay 28, 1888October 25, 1889Source:
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