First Ōkuma cabinet

First Ōkuma Cabinet

8th Cabinet of Japan
June – November 1898
Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu
Date formedJune 30, 1898
Date dissolvedNovember 8, 1898
People and organisations
EmperorMeiji
Prime MinisterŌkuma Shigenobu
History
ElectionAugust 1898 general election
Legislature termsMarch–August 1898
August 1898–1902
PredecessorThird Itō Cabinet
SuccessorSecond Yamagata Cabinet

The First Ōkuma Cabinet was the eighth Cabinet of Japan, and was led by Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu from June 30 to November 8, 1898. It was Japan's first party-based cabinet, with all ministers except the two service ministers drawn from the Kenseitō.

The cabinet was formed only days after the Kenseitō was founded, through the merger of Ōkuma's Shimpotō and the Itagaki Taisuke's Jiyūtō. Internal divisions persisted, leading to a party split and the cabinet's collapse in November 1898.

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