Designation of the Prime Minister
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Photograph of Mr. Hatoyama being designated as the Prime Minister (1)
Photograph of Mr. Hatoyama being designated as the Prime Minister (2)
The vote to designate the Prime Minister took place at both the House
of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the afternoon of
September 16. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama, a member of the House of
Representatives, was designated as the Prime Minister. Prime Minister
Hatoyama became the 93rd Prime Minister (the 60th person to assume the
post) since Hirobumi Ito, the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Immediately after the designation, Mr. Hatoyama formed a new Cabinet at the Prime Minister's Office.