First Saionji Cabinet
{{Short description|Japanese cabinet from 1906 to 1908}}
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Independent|legislature_status=|opposition_cabinet=|opposition_party=|opposition_leader=|election=1908 general election|cabinet_type=|legislature_term=1904–1908
1908–1912|budget=|advice_and_consent1=|incoming_formation=|outgoing_formation=|predecessor=First Katsura Cabinet|successor=Second Katsura Cabinet}}
The First Saionji Cabinet is the 12th Cabinet of Japan led by Saionji Kinmochi from January 7, 1906, to July 14, 1908.
Cabinet
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|+ First Saionji Cabinet ! scope="col" width="20%" |Portfolio ! scope="col" width="15%" |Minister ! colspan="2" scope="col" width="13.5%" |Political party ! scope="col" width="12.5%" |Term start ! scope="col" width="12.5%" |Term end |
| style="text-align: left;" |Prime Minister
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rikken Seiyūkai}};" | |January 7, 1906 |July 14, 1908 |
| rowspan="3" |Minister for Foreign Affairs
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |January 7, 1906 |March 3, 1906 |
| Marquess Saionji Kinmochi (acting)
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rikken Seiyūkai}};" | |March 3, 1906 |May 19, 1906 |
| Viscount Hayashi Tadasu
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |May 19, 1906 |July 14, 1908 |
| Minister of Home Affairs
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rikken Seiyūkai}};" | |January 7, 1906 |July 14, 1908 |
| rowspan="2" |Minister of Finance
|Sakatani Yoshio | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |January 7, 1906 |January 14, 1908 |
| Matsuda Masahisa
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rikken Seiyūkai}};" | |January 14, 1908 |July 14, 1908 |
| Minister of the Army
| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" | |January 7, 1906 |July 14, 1908 |
| Minister of the Navy
| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" | |January 7, 1906 |July 14, 1908 |
| rowspan="2" |Minister of Justice
|Matsuda Masahisa |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rikken Seiyūkai}};" | |January 7, 1906 |March 25, 1908 |
| Baron Senge Takatomi
| |Mokuyōkai |March 25, 1908 |July 14, 1908 |
| rowspan="2" |Minister of Education
|Marquess Saionji Kinmochi (acting) |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rikken Seiyūkai}};" | |June 2, 1901 |March 27, 1906 |
| Baron Makino Nobuaki
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |March 27, 1906 |July 14, 1908 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |January 7, 1906 |July 14, 1908 |
| rowspan="3" |Minister of Communications
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |January 7, 1906 |January 14, 1908 |
| Hara Takashi
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rikken Seiyūkai}};" | |January 14, 1908 |March 25, 1908 |
| Viscount Hotta Masayasu
| |Kenkyūkai |March 25, 1908 |July 14, 1908 |
| rowspan="2" |Chief Cabinet Secretary
|Ishiwatari Bin’ichi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |January 7, 1906 |January 4, 1908 |
| Hiroshi Minami
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |January 4, 1908 |July 14, 1908 |
| rowspan="2" |Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
|Ichiki Kitokurō | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |January 7, 1906 |January 13, 1906 |
| Okano Keijirō
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |January 13, 1906 |July 14, 1908 |
| colspan="6" | |
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| colspan="6" |Source:{{Cite web |title=First Saionji Cabinet |url=http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/rekidai/kakuryo/12.html |website=Prime Minister's Official Residence}} |
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