Chief_Cabinet_Secretary_(Japan)

Chief Cabinet Secretary

Chief Cabinet Secretary

Leader of the Japanese Cabinet

The chief cabinet secretary of Japan (内閣官房長官, Naikaku-kanbō-chōkan) is a member of the cabinet and is the leader and chief executive of the Cabinet Secretariat of Japan.[1] The chief cabinet secretary coordinates the policies of ministries and agencies in the executive branch,[2] and also serves as the government's press secretary. The secretary is a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is appointed by the emperor upon the nomination by the prime minister.[3] The chief cabinet secretary is the first in line of succession to the prime minister, unless the office of the deputy prime minister is occupied.[4]

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History

In March 1879, the precursor of the position, the Secretary-General of the Cabinet, was created. From 1885, it was included as part of the cabinet system, and the position was known in Japanese as 内閣書記官長 (naikaku-shokikan-chō). The modern position was created on May 3, 1947, shortly after the passage of the Constitution of Japan, and elevated to ministerial status in 1966.

Since 1947, the office of Chief Cabinet Secretary has been regarded as a stepping stone to the post of Prime Minister. The first chief cabinet secretary to become Prime Minister was Ichirō Hatoyama, who served in the position under Tanaka Giichi. Since then, eight other former chief cabinet secretaries have become prime ministers, most recently Shinzō Abe, Yasuo Fukuda, and Yoshihide Suga.

Yoshihide Suga, who later became Prime Minister of Japan, served as Chief Cabinet Secretary under Shinzo Abe for nearly eight years, making him the longest-serving chief cabinet secretary in history, having overtaken the previous record of 1,289 days in office set by Fukuda on July 7, 2016.[5]

The current chief cabinet secretary is Yoshimasa Hayashi, who took office on December 14, 2023.

The Cabinet Office Building is where the Cabinet Secretariat resides.

List of secretaries-general of the cabinet

Shōwa era

  • Tsukamoto Kiyoji (December 25, 1926 – April 20, 1927)
  • Ichirō Hatoyama (April 20, 1927 – July 2, 1929) - later became prime minister in the mid-1950s.
  • 6 other holders (July 3, 1929 – October 19, 1934)
  • Shigeru Yoshida (October 20, 1934 – May 11, 1935) - not to be confused with PM Shigeru Yoshida.
  • 14 other holders (May 12, 1935 – April 6, 1945)
  • Hisatsune Sakomizu (7 April 1945 – 15 August 1945)
  • vacant (August 16, 1945 – October 9, 1945)
  • Daizaburō Tsugita (October 9, 1945 – January 13, 1946)
  • Wataru Narahashi (January 13, 1946 – May 22, 1946)
  • Jyōji Hayashi (May 22, 1946 – May 2, 1947)

List of chief cabinet secretaries

Shōwa era

  Liberal (1945)
  Socialist
  Democratic (1947)
  Democratic Liberal
  Liberal (1950)
  Democratic (1954)
  Liberal Democratic

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Heisei era

  Liberal Democratic
  Japan New Party
  New Party Sakigake
  Japan Renewal Party
  Socialist
  Democratic

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Reiwa era

  Liberal Democratic

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See also

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    Later served as Prime Minister 1964-72
  2. [n 2]
    Later served as Prime Minister 1978-80
  3. [n 3]
    Later served as Prime Minister 1980-82
  4. [n 4]
    Later served as Prime Minister 1987-89
  5. [n 5]
    Served as Acting Prime Minister on the death of Ōhira, 12 June - 17 July 1980
  6. [n 6]
    Later served as Prime Minister 1991-93
  7. [n 7]
    Later served as Prime Minister 1998-2000
  8. [n 8]
    Later served as Prime Minister 2007-08.
  9. [n 9]
    Later served as Prime Minister 2006-07, 2012-20
  10. [N 10]
    Later served as Prime Minister 2020-21

References

  1. [1]
    Cabinet Act, Article 13.
  2. [2]
    Cabinet Act, Article 12, Paragraph 2, Item 4 and 5
  3. [3]
    Cabinet Act, Article 15
  4. [4]
    Cabinet Act, Article 9
  5. [5]
    "Government strongman Suga set to become Japan's longest-serving chief Cabinet secretary". Japan Times. Jiji Press. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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