Prime_Ministers_of_Japan

List of prime ministers of Japan

List of prime ministers of Japan

List of prime ministers of Japan

The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet. This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day.

The west façade of the Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei (valley side), the official residence of the prime minister
The east façade of the Kantei

32 prime ministers under the Meiji Constitution had a mandate from the Emperor. The "electoral mandates" shown are for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Imperial Diet, which was not constitutionally guaranteed to have any influence on the appointment of the prime minister.

The prime minister under the Constitution of Japan is designated from among the members of the National Diet, and appointed by the Emperor after being nominated by the National Diet.

The prime ministership of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who was prime minister for fifty-four days in 1945, was the shortest in Japanese history. Shinzo Abe served the longest, with eight years over two non-consecutive periods.

The current prime minister is Fumio Kishida, who assumed office on 4 October 2021.[1] There are currently ten living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated on 8 July 2022.[2]

From 1871 to 1885

The office of Daijō-daijin (太政大臣, Chancellor of the Realm of Japan) was the equivalent of what would become the office of prime minister. It was an ancient role which had been discontinued in the 18th century and briefly revived during the Meiji era.

Daijō-daijin (Chancellor of the Realm)

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The office of Daijō-daijin was abolished in December 1885 with the appointment of Itō Hirobumi in the new position of prime minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣, Naikaku Sōri-Daijin).

Since 1885

Prime ministers

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Timeline

Fumio KishidaYoshihide SugaYoshihiko NodaNaoto KanYukio HatoyamaTarō AsōYasuo FukudaShinzo AbeJunichiro KoizumiYoshirō MoriKeizō ObuchiRyutaro HashimotoTomiichi MurayamaTsutomu HataMorihiro HosokawaKiichi MiyazawaToshiki KaifuSōsuke UnoNoboru TakeshitaYasuhiro NakasoneZenkō SuzukiMasayoshi ItoMasayoshi ŌhiraTakeo FukudaTakeo MikiKakuei TanakaEisaku SatōHayato IkedaNobusuke KishiTanzan IshibashiIchiro HatoyamaHitoshi AshidaTetsu KatayamaShigeru YoshidaKijūrō ShideharaPrince Naruhiko HigashikuniKantarō SuzukiKuniaki KoisoHideki TojoMitsumasa YonaiNobuyuki AbeHiranuma KiichirōFumimaro KonoeSenjūrō HayashiKōki HirotaKeisuke OkadaSaitō MakotoInukai TsuyoshiOsachi HamaguchiTanaka GiichiWakatsuki ReijirōKatō TakaakiKiyoura KeigoKatō TomosaburōTakahashi KorekiyoHara TakashiTerauchi MasatakeYamamoto GonnohyōeSaionji KinmochiKatsura TarōŌkuma ShigenobuMatsukata MasayoshiYamagata AritomoKuroda KiyotakaItō Hirobumi

Relations between Japanese prime ministers

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See also

Notes

  • ^† Died in office

References

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    第7代 伊藤 博文 [7th Itō Hirobumi] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第11代 桂 太郎 [11th Katsura Tarō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第19代 原 敬 [19th Hara Takashi] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第20代 高橋 是清 [20th Takahashi Korekiyo] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第26代 田中 義一 [26th Tanaka Giichi] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第27代 濱口 雄幸 [27th Hamaguchi Osachi] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第28代 若槻 禮次郎 [28th Wakatsuki Reijirō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第29代 犬養 毅 [29th Inukai Tsuyoshi] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第30代 齋藤 實 [30th Saito Makoto] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第31代 岡田 啓介 [31st Okada Keisuke] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第32代 廣田 弘毅 [32nd Hirota Kōki] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第33代 林 銑十郎 [33rd Hayashi Senjūrō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第34代 近衞 文麿 [34th Konoe Fumimaro] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第35代 平沼 騏一郎 [35th Hiranuma Kiichirō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第36代 阿部 信行 [36th Abe Nobuyuki] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第37代 米内 光政 [37th Yonai Mitsumasa] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第38代 近衞 文麿 [38th Konoe Fumimaro] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第39代 近衞 文麿 [39th Konoe Fumimaro] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第40代 東條 英機 [40th Tōjō Hideki] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第41代 小磯 國昭 [41st Koiso Kuniaki] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第42代 鈴木 貫太郎 [42nd Suzuki Kantarō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第44代 幣原 喜重郎 [44th Shidehara Kijūrō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第45代 吉田 茂 [45th Yoshida Shigeru] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第47代 芦田 均 [47th Ashida Hitoshi] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第48代 吉田 茂 [48th Yoshida Shigeru] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第49代 吉田 茂 [49th Yoshida Shigeru] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第50代 吉田 茂 [50th Yoshida Shigeru] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第51代 吉田 茂 [51st Yoshida Shigeru] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第52代 鳩山 一郎 [52nd Hatoyama Ichirō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第53代 鳩山 一郎 [53rd Hatoyama Ichirō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第54代 鳩山 一郎 [54th Hatoyama Ichirō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第55代 石橋 湛山 [55th Ishibashi Tanzan] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第56代 岸 信介 [56th Kishi Nobusuke] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第57代 岸 信介 [57th Kishi Nobusuke] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第58代 池田 勇人 [58th Ikeda Hayato] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第59代 池田 勇人 [59th Ikeda Hayato] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第79代 細川 護煕 [79th Hosokawa Morihiro] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第85代 森 喜朗 [85th Mori Yoshirō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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    第100代 岸田 文雄 [100th Kishida Fumio] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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