Lineup of new cabinet

The cabinet line-up announced Wednesday by newly elected Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama:

National Strategy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister: Naoto Kan, 62

Chief Cabinet Secretary: Hirofumi Hirano, 60

Foreign Minister: Katsuya Okada, 56

Defense Minister: Toshimi Kitazawa, 71

Finance Minister: Hirohisa Fujii, 77

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister: Masayuki Naoshima, 63

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister: Hirotaka Akamatsu, 61

Justice Minister: Keiko Chiba, 61

Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister: Tatsuo Kawabata, 64

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister: Akira Nagatsuma, 49

Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister, also in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories: Seiji Maehara, 47

Postal and Financial Minister: Shizuka Kamei (People’s New Party), 72

Internal Affairs and Communications Minister: Kazuhiro Haraguchi, 50

Environment Minister: Sakihito Ozawa, 55

National Public Safety Commission Chairman: Hiroshi Nakai, 67

Administrative Reform Minister: Yoshito Sengoku, 63

Population, Consumer Affairs, Gender Equality and Food Safety Minister: Mizuho Fukushima (Social Democratic Party), 53

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