Third Abe Cabinet

Third Abe cabinet
97th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, December 24, 2014
Date formed	December 24, 2014
Date dissolved	November 1, 2017
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Akihito
Head of government	Shinzō Abe
Deputy head of government	Tarō Asō
Member party	Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K coalition majority
Opposition party	Democratic Party of Japan (2014-2016)→ Democratic Party (2016-2017)→ Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017)
Opposition leader	Katsuya Okada (2014-2016) Renhō (2016-2017) Seiji Maehara (2017)
History
Elections	2014 general election 2016 councillors election
Predecessor	Second Abe cabinet
Successor	Fourth Abe cabinet

The Third Abe cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of the prime minister, Shinzō Abe, from December 2014 to November 2017. The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito (which had changed its name from "New Komeito" in the 2012–2014 term) and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.

Following the 2017 general election, the Third Abe cabinet was dissolved on November 1, 2017, and it was replaced by the Fourth Abe cabinet.