The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通大臣, Kokudo-Koutsu Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

The current minister is Tetsuo Saitō, who took office on 4 October 2021.

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Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1			Chikage Oogi	January 6, 2001	September 22, 2003	989		Yoshirō Mori
								Junichiro Koizumi
2			Nobuteru Ishihara	September 22, 2003	September 27, 2004	371
3			Kazuo Kitagawa	September 27, 2004	September 26, 2006	729
4			Tetsuzo Fuyushiba	September 26, 2006	August 2, 2008	676		Shinzō Abe
								Yasuo Fukuda
5			Sadakazu Tanigaki	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	53
6			Nariaki Nakayama	September 24, 2008	September 28, 2008	5		Tarō Asō
7			Kazuyoshi Kaneko	September 29, 2008	September 16, 2009	352
8			Seiji Maehara	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	366		Yukio Hatoyama
								Naoto Kan
9			Sumio Mabuchi	September 17, 2010	January 14, 2011	119
10			Akihiro Ohata	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	231
11			Takeshi Maeda	September 2, 2011	June 4, 2012	276		Yoshihiko Noda
12			Yuichiro Hata	June 4, 2012	December 26, 2012	205
13			Akihiro Ota	December 26, 2012	October 7, 2015	1015		Shinzō Abe
14			Keiichi Ishii	October 7, 2015	September 11, 2019	1435
15			Kazuyoshi Akaba	September 11, 2019	October 4, 2021	754		Yoshihide Suga
16			Tetsuo Saitō	October 4, 2021	Incumbent	934		Fumio Kishida

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