title: First Saionji Cabinet
text: # First Saionji Cabinet
  
  The First Saionji Cabinet is the 12th Cabinet of Japan led by Saionji Kinmochi from January 7, 1906, to July 14, 1908.
  
  ## Cabinet
  
  | Portfolio | Minister | Political party | Term start | Term end |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Prime Minister | Marquess Saionji Kinmochi | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 7, 1906 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Katō Takaaki | Independent | January 7, 1906 | March 3, 1906 |
  | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Marquess Saionji Kinmochi (acting) | Rikken Seiyūkai | March 3, 1906 | May 19, 1906 |
  | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Viscount Hayashi Tadasu | Independent | May 19, 1906 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of Home Affairs | Hara Takashi | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 7, 1906 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of Finance | Sakatani Yoshio | Independent | January 7, 1906 | January 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of Finance | Matsuda Masahisa | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 14, 1908 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of the Army | Terauchi Masatake | Military (Army) | January 7, 1906 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of the Navy | Baron Saitō Makoto | Military (Navy) | January 7, 1906 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of Justice | Matsuda Masahisa | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 7, 1906 | March 25, 1908 |
  | Minister of Justice | Baron Senge Takatomi | Mokuyōkai | March 25, 1908 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of Education | Marquess Saionji Kinmochi (acting) | Rikken Seiyūkai | June 2, 1901 | March 27, 1906 |
  | Minister of Education | Baron Makino Nobuaki | Independent | March 27, 1906 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | Matsuoka Yasutake | Independent | January 7, 1906 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of Communications | Yamagata Isaburō | Independent | January 7, 1906 | January 14, 1908 |
  | Minister of Communications | Hara Takashi | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 14, 1908 | March 25, 1908 |
  | Minister of Communications | Viscount Hotta Masayasu | Kenkyūkai | March 25, 1908 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Chief Cabinet Secretary | Ishiwatari Bin’ichi | Independent | January 7, 1906 | January 4, 1908 |
  | Chief Cabinet Secretary | Hiroshi Minami | Independent | January 4, 1908 | July 14, 1908 |
  | Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Ichiki Kitokurō | Independent | January 7, 1906 | January 13, 1906 |
  | Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Okano Keijirō | Independent | January 13, 1906 | July 14, 1908 |
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