title: Third Katsura Cabinet
text: # Third Katsura Cabinet
  
  The Third Katsura Cabinet is the 15th Cabinet of Japan led by Katsura Tarō from December 21, 1912, to February 20, 1913.
  
  ## Cabinet
  
  | Portfolio | Minister | Political party | Term start | Term end |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Prime Minister | Prince Katsura Tarō | Military (Army) | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Prince Katsura Tarō | Military (Army) | December 21, 1912 | January 29, 1913 |
  | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Baron Katō Takaaki | Independent | January 29, 1913 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Minister of Home Affairs | Viscount Ōura Kanetake | Sawakai | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Minister of Finance | Wakatsuki Reijirō | Independent | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Minister of the Army | Baron Kigoshi Yasutsuna | Military (Army) | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Minister of the Navy | Baron Saitō Makoto | Military (Navy) | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Minister of Justice | Matsumuro Itasu | Independent | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Minister of Education | Shibata Kamon | Sawakai | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | Nakashōji Ren | Independent | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Minister of Communications | Baron Gotō Shinpei | Independent | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Chief Cabinet Secretary | Egi Tasuku | Independent | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
  | Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Ichiki Kitokurō | Independent | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
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