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Aso Cabinet (Formed on Sept. 24, 2008)

Prime Minister		Taro Aso
Birth date: Sept. 20, 1940	LDP	Unaffiliated (Aso faction)	House of Representatives
Internal Affairs and Communications Minister		Kunio Hatoyama
Birth date: Sept. 13, 1948	LDP	Tsushima faction	House of Representatives
Justice Minister		Eisuke Mori
Birth date: Aug. 31, 1948	LDP	Aso faction	House of Representatives
Foreign Minister		Hirofumi Nakasone
Birth date: Nov. 28, 1945	LDP	Ibuki faction	House of Councillors
Finance Minister, State Minister in Charge of Financial Services		Shoichi Nakagawa
Birth date: July 19, 1953	LDP	Ibuki faction	House of Representatives
Education, Science and Technology Minister		Ryu Shionoya
Birth date: Feb. 18, 1950	LDP	Machimura faction	House of Representatives
Health, Labor and Welfare Minister		Yoichi Masuzoe
Birth date: Nov. 29, 1948	LDP	Unaffiliated	House of Councillors
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister		Shigeru Ishiba
Birth date: Feb. 4, 1957	LDP	Tsushima faction	House of Representatives
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister		Toshihiro Nikai
Birth date: Feb. 27, 1939	LDP	Nikai faction	House of Representatives
Construction and Transport Minister		Kazuyoshi Kaneko
Birth date: Dec. 20, 1942	LDP	Tsushima faction	House of Representatives
Environment Minister		Tetsuo Saito
Birth date: Feb. 5, 1952		New Komeito	House of Representatives
Defense Minister		Yasukazu Hamada
Birth date: Oct. 21, 1955	LDP	Unaffiliated	House of Representatives
Chief Cabinet Secretary		Takeo Kawamura
Birth date: Nov. 10, 1942	LDP	Ibuki faction	House of Representatives
National Public Safety Commission Chairman, State Minister in Charge of Disaster Management		Tsutomu Sato
Birth date: June 20, 1952	LDP	Koga faction	House of Representatives
State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy		Kaoru Yosano
Birth date: Aug. 22, 1938	LDP	Unaffiliated	House of Representatives
State Minister in Charge of Administrative Reform		Akira Amari
Birth date: Aug. 27, 1949	LDP	Yamasaki faction	House of Representatives
State Minister in Charge of Consumer Affairs		Seiko Noda
Birth date: Sept. 3, 1960	LDP	Unaffiliated	House of Representatives
State Minister in Charge of Declining Birthrate		Yuko Obuchi
Birth date: Dec. 11, 1973	LDP	Tsushima faction	House of Representatives