Hatoyama's Cabinet lineup+

TOKYO, Sept. 16 Kyodo -
The following is the lineup of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet
announced Wednesday.
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POSITION
NAME AGE
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Prime Minister
Yukio Hatoyama 62
Deputy Prime Minister; State minister in charge of
national strategies and economic, finance,
science and technology policies
Naoto Kan 62
Internal Affairs and Communications Minister;
State minister in charge of decentralization
Kazuhiro Haraguchi 50
Justice Minister
Keiko Chiba 61 (F)
Foreign Minister
Katsuya Okada 56
Finance Minister
Hirohisa Fujii 77
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology Minister
Tatsuo Kawabata 64
Health, Labor and Welfare Minister
Akira Nagatsuma 49
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister
Hirotaka Akamatsu 61
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister
Masayuki Naoshima 63
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister; State minister in charge of Okinawa
and Northern Territories and disaster prevention
Seiji Maehara 47
Environment Minister
Sakihito Ozawa 55
Defense Minister
Toshimi Kitazawa 71
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Hirofumi Hirano 60
Chairman, National Public Safety Commission;
State minister in charge of abduction issue
Hiroshi Nakai 67
State minister in charge of administrative
reform and public servant system reform
Yoshito Sengoku 63
State minister in charge of postal and financial
affairs
Shizuka Kamei 72
State minister in charge of consumer
affairs, food safety, declining birthrate and
gender equality
Mizuho Fukushima 53 (F)
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(NOTES: Kamei is the People's New Party leader;
Fukushima is the Social Democratic Party leader;
the rest are Democratic Party of Japan members.
(F) denotes female ministers.)
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2009-09-16 22:46:32