No. |
President
(birth–death) |
Portrait |
Constituency or title |
Took office |
Left office |
President |
1 |
Nobusuke Kishi (1896–1987) |
|
Rep for
Yamaguchi 1st |
November 1955 |
December 1956 |
Ichirō Hatoyama |
2 |
Takeo Miki (1907–1988) |
|
Rep for
Tokushima At-large |
December 1956 |
July 1957 |
Tanzan Ishibashi |
Nobusuke Kishi |
3 |
Shojiro Kawashima (1890–1970) |
|
Rep for
Chiba 1st |
July 1957 |
January 1959 |
4 |
Takeo Fukuda (1905–1995) |
|
Rep for
Gunma 3rd |
January 1959 |
June 1959 |
5 |
Shojiro Kawashima (1890–1970) |
|
Rep for
Chiba 1st |
June 1959 |
July 1960 |
5 |
Shūji Masutani (1888–1973) |
|
Rep for
Ishikawa 2nd |
July 1960 |
July 1961 |
Hayato Ikeda |
6 |
Shigesaburō Maeo (1905–1981) |
|
Rep for
Kyoto 2nd |
July 1961 |
July 1964 |
7 |
Takeo Miki (1907–1988) |
|
Rep for
Tokushima At-large |
July 1964 |
June 1965 |
Eisaku Satō |
8 |
Kakuei Tanaka (1918–1993) |
|
Rep for
Niigata 3rd |
June 1965 |
December 1966 |
9 |
Takeo Fukuda (1905–1995) |
|
Rep for
Gunma 3rd |
December 1966 |
November 1968 |
10 |
Kakuei Tanaka (1918–1993) |
|
Rep for
Niigata 3rd |
November 1968 |
June 1971 |
11 |
Shigeru Hori (1901–1979) |
|
Rep for
Saga At-large |
June 1971 |
July 1972 |
12 |
Tomisaburo Hashimoto (1901–1990) |
|
Rep for
Ibaraki 1st |
July 1972 |
November 1974 |
Kakuei Tanaka |
13 |
Susumu Nikaidō (1909–2000) |
|
Rep for
Kagoshima 3rd |
November 1974 |
December 1974 |
14 |
Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918–2019) |
|
Rep for
Gunma 3rd |
December 1974 |
September 1976 |
Takeo Miki |
15 |
Tsuneo Uchida (1907–1977) |
|
Rep for
Yamanashi At-large |
September 1976 |
December 1976 |
16 |
Masayoshi Ōhira (1910–1980) |
|
Rep for Kagawa 2nd |
December 1976 |
December 1978 |
Takeo Fukuda |
17 |
Kunikichi Saito (1909–1992) |
|
Rep for
Fukushima 3rd |
December 1978 |
November 1979 |
Masayoshi Ōhira |
18 |
Yoshio Sakurauchi (1912–2003) |
|
Rep for
Shimane At-Large |
November 1979 |
November 1981 |
Zenkō Suzuki |
19 |
Susumu Nikaidō (1909–2000) |
|
Rep for
Kagoshima 3rd |
November 1981 |
December 1983 |
Yasuhiro Nakasone |
20 |
Rokusuke Tanaka (1923–1985) |
|
Rep for
Fukuoka 4th |
December 1983 |
October 1984 |
21 |
Shin Kanemaru (1914–1996) |
|
Rep for
Yamanashi At-large |
October 1984 |
July 1986 |
22 |
Noboru Takeshita (1924–2000) |
|
Rep for
Shimane At-large |
July 1986 |
October 1987 |
23 |
Shintaro Abe (1924–1991) |
|
Rep for
Yamaguchi 1st |
October 1987 |
June 1989 |
Noboru Takeshita |
24 |
Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937–2006) |
|
Rep for
Okayama 4th |
June 1989 |
August 1989 |
Sōsuke Uno |
25 |
Ichirō Ozawa (b. 1957) |
|
Rep for
Iwate 2nd |
August 1989 |
April 1991 |
Toshiki Kaifu |
26 |
Keizō Obuchi (1937–2000) |
|
Rep for
Gunma 5th |
April 1991 |
October 1991 |
27 |
Tamisuke Watanuki (b. 1927) |
|
Rep for
Toyama 2nd |
October 1991 |
December 1992 |
Kiichi Miyazawa |
28 |
Seiroku Kajiyama (1926–2000) |
|
Rep for
Ibaraki 2nd |
December 1992 |
July 1993 |
29 |
Yoshirō Mori (b. 1937) |
|
Rep for
Ishikawa 2nd |
July 1993 |
August 1995 |
Yōhei Kōno |
30 |
Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (1927–2004) |
|
Rep for
Miyagi 3rd |
August 1995 |
October 1995 |
31 |
Koichi Kato (1939–2016) |
|
Rep for
Yamagata 3rd |
October 1995 |
July 1998 |
Ryutaro Hashimoto |
32 |
Yoshirō Mori (b. 1937) |
|
Rep for
Ishikawa 2nd |
July 1998 |
April 2000 |
Keizō Obuchi |
33 |
Hiromu Nonaka (1925–2018) |
|
Rep for
Kyoto 4th |
April 2000 |
December 2000 |
Yoshirō Mori |
34 |
Makoto Koga (b. 1940) |
|
Rep for
Fukuoka 7th |
December 2000 |
April 2001 |
35 |
Tamisuke Watanuki (b. 1936) |
|
Rep for
Fukuoka 2nd |
April 2001 |
September 2003 |
Junichiro Koizumi |
36 |
Shinzo Abe (1954–2022) |
|
Rep for
Yamaguchi 4th |
22 September 2003 |
24 September 2004 |
37 |
Tsutomu Takebe (b. 1941) |
|
Rep for
Hokkaido At-Large |
September 2004 |
September 2006 |
38 |
Hidenao Nakagawa (b. 1944) |
|
Rep for
Hiroshima 4th |
September 2006 |
August 2007 |
Shinzo Abe |
39 |
Tarō Asō (b. 1940) |
|
Rep for
Fukuoka 8th |
August 2007 |
September 2007 |
40 |
Bunmei Ibuki (b. 1938) |
|
Rep for
Kyoto 1st |
September 2007 |
August 2008 |
Yasuo Fukuda |
41 |
Tarō Asō (b. 1940) |
|
Rep for
Fukuoka 8th |
August 2008 |
September 2008 |
42 |
Hiroyuki Hosoda (b. 1944) |
|
Rep for
Shimane 1st |
22 September 2008 |
29 September 2009 |
Tarō Asō |
43 |
Tadamori Ōshima (b. 1946) |
|
Rep for
Aomori 3rd |
September 2009 |
September 2010 |
Sadakazu Tanigaki |
44 |
Nobuteru Ishihara (b. 1957) |
|
Rep for
Tokyo 8th |
September 2010 |
September 2012 |
45 |
Shigeru Ishiba (b. 1957) |
|
Rep for
Tottori 1st |
26 September 2012 |
3 September 2014 |
Shinzo Abe |
46 |
Sadakazu Tanigaki (b. 1945) |
|
Rep for
Kyoto 5th |
3 September 2014 |
3 August 2016 |
47 |
Toshihiro Nikai (b. 1939) |
|
Rep for
Wakayama 3rd |
4 August 2016 |
1 October 2021 |
Yoshihide Suga |
48 |
Akira Amari (b. 1949) |
|
Rep for
Southern Kanto proportional |
1 October 2021 |
4 November 2021 |
Fumio Kishida |
49 |
Toshimitsu Motegi (b. 1955) |
|
Rep for
Tochigi 1st |
4 November 2021 |
Incumbent |