Hatoyama Cabinet
The Yukio Hatoyama Cabinet governed Japan from September 2009 to June 2010, following the landslide victory of the Democratic Party of Japan in the election on 30 August 2009. The election marked the first time in Japanese post-war history that voters delivered the control of the government to the opposition. The cabinet was also the first since Hata Cabinet in 1994 that included no members of the LDP.
Yukio Hatoyama Cabinet | |
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93rd Cabinet of Japan | |
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (front row, centre) with his new cabinet inside the Kantei, September 16, 2009. | |
| Date formed | September 16, 2009 |
| Date dissolved | June 8, 2010 |
| People and organisations | |
| Emperor | Akihito |
| Prime Minister | Yukio Hatoyama |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Member parties | Democratic Party Social Democratic People's New Party |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government HoR: Supermajority 327 / 480 HoC: Majority 124 / 242 |
| Opposition parties | Liberal Democratic Party New Komeito Party Japanese Communist Party Your Party New Party Nippon New Party Daichi |
| Opposition leader | Sadakazu Tanigaki (LDP) |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2009 general election |
| Predecessor | Asō Cabinet |
| Successor | Kan Cabinet |
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