The First Ōkuma Cabinet was the eighth Cabinet of Japan, and was led by Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu from June 30 to November 8, 1898. It was Japan's first party-based cabinet, with all ministers except the two service ministers drawn from the Kenseitō.
The cabinet was formed only days after the Kenseitō was founded, through the merger of Ōkuma's Shimpotō and the Itagaki Taisuke's Jiyūtō. Internal divisions persisted, leading to a party split and the cabinet's collapse in November 1898.
Cabinet + First Ōkuma CabinetPortfolioMinisterPolitical partyTerm startTerm endPrime MinisterCount Ōkuma ShigenobuKenseitō(former Shimpotō)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Minister for Foreign AffairsCount Ōkuma ShigenobuKenseitō(former Shimpotō)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Minister of Home AffairsCount Itagaki TaisukeKenseitō(former Jiyūtō)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Minister of FinanceMatsuda MasahisaKenseitō(former Jiyūtō)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Minister of the ArmyViscount Katsura TarōMilitary (Army)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Minister of the NavyMarquess Saigō JūdōMilitary (Navy)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Minister of JusticeOhigashi GitetsuKenseitō(former Shimpotō)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Minister of EducationOzaki YukioKenseitō(former Shimpotō)June 30, 1898October 27, 1898Inukai TsuyoshiKenseitō(former Shimpotō)October 27, 1898November 8, 1898Minister of Agriculture and CommerceŌishi MasamiKenseitō(former Shimpotō)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Minister of CommunicationsHayashi YūzōKenseitō(former Jiyūtō)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Chief Cabinet SecretaryTaketomi TokitoshiKenseitō(former Shimpotō)June 30, 1898November 8, 1898Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauUme KenjirōIndependentJune 30, 1898July 27, 1898Komuchi TomotsuneKenseitō(former Shimpotō)July 27, 1898November 8, 1898Source:
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