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Kan Naoto was appointed Prime Minister in June 2010.

This is a list of Prime Ministers of Japan, including those of the Empire of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day. The office is currently held by Kan Naoto.

Multiple terms in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed and counted in the first column (administration number) and the second column counts individuals. For example, Fukuda Yasuo, is listed as the 58th individual to hold the office of prime minister, whilst his first cabinet is the 91st since Itō Hirobumi.

To avoid confusion, all the names on this list follow the Japanese convention (family name first, given name second) for consistency.

The Prime Ministers under the Meiji Constitution had a mandate from the Emperor. The "electoral mandates" shown are for the lower house of the Imperial Diet that was not constitutionally guaranteed to have any influence on the appointment of the Prime Minister.

Color key
(for political party)

  None
  Kenseitō - Kenseikai
  Rikken Seiyūkai
  Rikken Minseitō
  Military
  Rikken Dōshikai
  Taisei Yokusankai
  The Imperial Family
  Liberal
  Social Democratic
  Democratic - Japan Democratic
  Japan New
  Renewal
  Liberal Democratic
  Democratic

Prime Ministers of the Empire of Japan (1868–1947)

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Prime Ministers under the Meiji Emperor

# Prime Minister Term of office Electoral mandates Political Party
A# I# Portrait Name # Took Office Left Office
1 1 Itō Hirobumi
伊藤 博文 		1st 22 December 1885 30 April 1888 — None
2 2 Kuroda Kiyotaka
黑田 清隆 		30 April 1888 25 October 1889[1] — None
- - Sanjō Sanetomi[2]
三條 實美 		int. 25 October 1889 24 December 1889 — None
3 3 Yamagata Aritomo
山縣 有朋 		1st 24 December 1889 6 May 1891 1890 None
4 4 Matsukata Masayoshi
松方 正義 		1st 6 May 1891 8 August 1892 1892 None
5 - Itō Hirobumi
伊藤 博文 		2nd 8 August 1892 31 August 1896[3] Mar. 1894
Sept. 1894 		None
During this interval, Privy Council Chairman Kuroda Kiyotaka (黑田 清隆) was the Acting Prime Minister.
6 - Matsukata Masayoshi
松方 正義 		2nd 18 September 1896 12 January 1898 — None
7 - Itō Hirobumi
伊藤 博文 		3rd 12 January 1898 30 June 1898 Mar. 1898 None
8 5 Ōkuma Shigenobu
大隈 重信 		1st 30 June 1898 8 November 1898 Sept. 1898 Kenseitō
(Constitutional Party)
9 - Yamagata Aritomo
山縣 有朋 		2nd 8 November 1898 19 October 1900 — None
10 - Itō Hirobumi
伊藤 博文 		4th 19 October 1900 10 May 1901[3] — Rikken Seiyūkai
(Friends of Constitutional Government)
During this interval, Privy Council Chairman Saionji Kinmochi (西園寺 公望) was the Acting Prime Minister.
11 6 Katsura Tarō
桂 太郎 		1st 2 June 1901 7 January 1906 1902
1903
1904 		None
(Retired General)
12 7 Saionji Kinmochi
西園寺 公望 		1st 7 January 1906 14 July 1908 1908 Rikken Seiyūkai
(Friends of Constitutional Government)
13 - Katsura Tarō
桂 太郎 		2nd 14 July 1908 30 August 1911 — None
(Retired General)
14 - Saionji Kinmochi
西園寺 公望 		2nd 30 August 1911 21 December 1912 1912 Rikken Seiyūkai
(Friends of Constitutional Government)

Taishō period (1912–1926)

Prime Ministers under the Taishō Emperor

# Prime Minister Term of office Electoral mandates Political Party
A# I# Portrait Name # Took Office Left Office
15 - Katsura Tarō
桂 太郎 		3rd 21 December 1912 20 February 1913 — None
(Retired General)
16 8 Yamamoto Gonbee
山本 權兵衞 		1st 20 February 1913 16 April 1914 — Military
(Navy)
17 - Ōkuma Shigenobu
大隈 重信 		2nd 16 April 1914 9 October 1916 1915 Rikken Dōshikai
(Constitutional Association of Friends)
18 9 Terauchi Masatake
寺內 正毅 		9 October 1916 29 September 1918 1917 Military
(Army)
19 10 Hara Takashi
原 敬 		29 September 1918 4 November 1921[4] 1920 Rikken Seiyūkai
(Friends of Constitutional Government)
During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kōsai (内田 康哉) was the Acting Prime Minister.
20 11 Takahashi Korekiyo
高橋 是清 		13 November 1921 12 June 1922 — Rikken Seiyūkai
(Friends of Constitutional Government)
21 12 Katō Tomosaburō
加藤 友三郎 		12 June 1922 24 August 1923[5] — Military
(Navy)
During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kōsai (内田 康哉) was the Acting Prime Minister.
22 - Yamamoto Gonbee
山本 權兵衞 		2nd 2 September 1923 7 January 1924 — Military
(Navy)
23 13 Kiyoura Keigo
清浦 奎吾 		7 January 1924 11 June 1924 1924 None
24 14 Katō Takaaki
加藤 高明 		1st 11 June 1924 2 August 1925[6] — Kenseikai
(Constitutional Party)
2nd 2 August 1925 28 January 1926[5] — Kenseikai
(Constitutional Party)
colspan="9" Template:Party shading/Constitutional (Kenseito) | During this interval, Interior Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎) was the Acting Prime Minister.
25 15 Wakatsuki Reijirō
若槻 禮次郎 		1st 30 January 1926 20 April 1927 — Kenseikai
(Constitutional Party)

Shōwa period (1926–1947)

Prime Ministers under the Shōwa Emperor

# Prime Minister Term of office Electoral mandates Political Party
A# I# Portrait Name # Took Office Left Office
26 16 Tanaka Giichi
田中 義一 		20 April 1927 2 July 1929 1928 Rikken Seiyūkai
(Friends of Constitutional Government)
27 17 Hamaguchi Osachi
濱口 雄幸 		2 July 1929 14 April 1931[7] 1930 Rikken Minseitō
(Constitutional Democratic Party)
28 - Wakatsuki Reijirō
若槻 禮次郎 		2nd 14 April 1931 13 December 1931 — Rikken Minseitō
(Constitutional Democratic Party)
29 18 Inukai Tsuyoshi
犬養 毅 		13 December 1931 15 May 1932[4] 1932 Rikken Seiyūkai
(Friends of Constitutional Government)
During this interval, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋 是清) was the Acting Prime Minister.
30 19 Saitō Makoto
齋藤 實 		26 May 1932 8 July 1934 — Military
(Navy)
31 20 Okada Keisuke
岡田 啓介 		8 July 1934 9 March 1936[8] 1936 Military
(Navy)
32 21 Hirota Kōki
廣田 弘毅 		9 March 1936 2 February 1937 — None
33 22 Hayashi Senjūrō
林 銑十郎 		2 February 1937 4 June 1937 1937 Military
(Army)
34 23 Konoe Fumimaro
近衞 文麿 		1st 4 June 1937 5 January 1939 — None
35 24 Hiranuma Kiichirō
平沼 騏一郎 		5 January 1939 30 August 1939 — None
36 25 Abe Nobuyuki
阿部 信行 		30 August 1939 16 January 1940 — Military
(Army)
37 26 Yonai Mitsumasa
米内 光政 		16 January 1940 22 July 1940 — Military
(Navy)
38 - Konoe Fumimaro
近衞 文麿 		2nd 22 July 1940 18 July 1941 — Taisei Yokusankai
(Imperial Rule Assistance Association)
39 3rd 18 July 1941 18 October 1941 —
40 27 Tōjō Hideki
東條 英機 		18 October 1941 22 July 1944 1942 Taisei Yokusankai
(Imperial Rule Assistance Association)
41 28 Koiso Kuniaki
小磯 國昭 		22 July 1944 7 April 1945 — Military
(Army)
42 29 Suzuki Kantarō
鈴木 貫太郎 		7 April 1945 17 August 1945 — Taisei Yokusankai
(Imperial Rule Assistance Association)
43 30 Higashikuni Naruhiko
東久邇宮稔彦王 		17 August 1945 9 October 1945 — Imperial Family
44 31 Shidehara Kijūrō
幣原 喜重郎 		9 October 1945 22 May 1946 1946 None
45 32 Yoshida Shigeru
吉田 茂 		1st 22 May 1946 24 May 1947 Rep. Coun. Jiyutō
(Liberal)
1947 1947

Prime Ministers of the State of Japan (1947-Present)

Shōwa period (1947–1989)

Prime Ministers under the Shōwa Emperor

# Prime Minister Term of office Electoral mandates Political Party
A# I# Portrait Name # Took Office Left Office Rep. Coun.
46 33 Katayama Tetsu
片山 哲 		24 May 1947 10 March 1948 — — Shakaitō
(Socialist)
47 34 Ashida Hitoshi
芦田 均 		10 March 1948 15 October 1948 — — Minshutō
(Democratic)
48 - Yoshida Shigeru
吉田 茂 		2nd 15 October 1948 16 February 1949 1949 — Jiyutō
(Liberal)
49 3rd 16 February 1949 30 October 1952 1952 1950
50 4th 30 October 1952 21 May 1953 1953 —
51 5th 21 May 1953 10 December 1954 — 1953
52 35 Hatoyama Ichirō
鳩山 一郎 		1st 10 December 1954 19 March 1955 1955 — Nihon Minshutō
(Japan Democratic)
53 2nd 19 March 1955 22 November 1955 — —
54 3rd 22 November 1955 23 December 1956 — 1956 Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
55 36 Ishibashi Tanzan
石橋 湛山 		23 December 1956 25 February 1957[9] — — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
56 37 Kishi Nobusuke
岸 信介 		1st 25 February 1957 12 June 1958 1958 — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
57 2nd 12 June 1958 19 July 1960 — 1959
58 38 Ikeda Hayato
池田 勇人 		1st 19 July 1960 8 December 1960 1960 — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
59 2nd 8 December 1960 9 December 1963 1963 1962
60 3rd 9 December 1963 9 November 1964 — —
61 39 Satō Eisaku
佐藤 榮作 		1st 9 November 1964 17 February 1967 1967 1965 Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
62 2nd 17 February 1967 14 January 1970 1969 1968
63 3rd 14 January 1970 7 July 1972 — 1971
64 40 Tanaka Kakuei
田中 角榮 		1st 7 July 1972 22 December 1972 1972 — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
65 2nd 22 December 1972 9 December 1974 — 1974
66 41 Miki Takeo
三木 武夫 		9 December 1974 24 December 1976 1976 — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
67 42 Fukuda Takeo
福田 赳夫 		24 December 1976 7 December 1978 — 1977 Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
68 43 Ōhira Masayoshi
大平 正芳 		1st 7 December 1978 9 November 1979 1979 — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
69 2nd 9 November 1979 12 June 1980[5] 1980[5] 1980[5]
During this interval, Chief Cabinet Secretary Itō Masayoshi (伊東 正義) was the Acting Prime Minister.
70 44 Suzuki Zenkō
鈴木 善幸 		17 July 1980 27 November 1982 — — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
71 45 Nakasone Yasuhiro
中曾根 康弘 		1st 27 November 1982 27 December 1983 1983 1983 Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
72 2nd 27 December 1983 22 July 1986 1986 1986
73 3rd 22 July 1986 6 November 1987 — —
74 46 Takeshita Noboru
竹下 登 		6 November 1987 3 June 1989 — — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)

Heisei period (1989–Present)

Prime Ministers under Emperor Akihito

# Prime Minister Term of office Electoral mandates Political Party
A# I# Portrait Name # Took Office Left Office Rep. Coun.
75 47 File:Sosuke Uno.jpg Uno Sōsuke
宇野 宗佑 		3 June 1989 10 August 1989 — 1989 Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
76 48 File:Toshiki Kaifu.gif Kaifu Toshiki
海部 俊樹 		1st 10 August 1989 28 February 1990 1990 — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
77 2nd 28 February 1990 5 November 1991 — —
78 49 File:MiyazawaKiichi.jpg Miyazawa Kiichi
宮澤 喜一 		5 November 1991 9 August 1993 1993 1992 Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
79 50 File:Morihiro Hosokawa.jpg Hosokawa Morihiro
細川 護熙 		9 August 1993 28 April 1994 — — Nihon Shintō
(Japan New)
80 51 Hata Tsutomu
羽田 孜 		28 April 1994 30 June 1994 — — Shinseitō
(Renewal)
81 52 Murayama Tomiichi
村山 富市 		30 June 1994 11 January 1996 — 1995 Shakaitō
(Socialist)
82 53 Hashimoto Ryūtarō
橋本 龍太郎 		1st 11 January 1996 7 November 1996 1996 — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
83 2nd 7 November 1996 30 July 1998 — 1998
84 54 Obuchi Keizō
小渕 恵三 		30 July 1998 5 April 2000[10] — — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
85 55 Mori Yoshirō
森 喜朗 		1st 5 April 2000 4 July 2000 2000 — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
86 2nd 4 July 2000 26 April 2001 — —
87 56 Koizumi Jun'ichirō
小泉 純一郎 		1st 26 April 2001 19 November 2003 2003 2001 Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
88 2nd 19 November 2003 21 September 2005 2005 2004
89 3rd 21 September 2005 26 September 2006 — —
90 57 Abe Shinzō
安倍 晋三 		26 September 2006 26 September 2007 — 2007 Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
91 58 Fukuda Yasuo
福田 康夫 		26 September 2007 24 September 2008 — — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
92 59 Asō Tarō
麻生 太郎 		24 September 2008 16 September 2009 2009 — Jimintō
(Liberal Democratic)
93 60 Hatoyama Yukio
鳩山 由紀夫 		16 September 2009 8 June 2010 — — Minshutō
(Democratic)
94 61 Kan Naoto
菅 直人 		8 June 2010 Incumbent — 2010 Minshutō
(Democratic)

Notes and references

  1. ^ Upon the resignation of the government, the Emperor only accepted Kuroda’s resignation and invited Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Sanjō Sanetomi to head the government for two more months. Today, however, Sanjō’s government is generally regarded as a continuation of Kuroda’s.
  2. ^ Held concurrently by the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.
  3. ^ a b Resigned.
  4. ^ a b Assassinated.
  5. ^ a b c d e Died in office of natural causes. Cite error: The named reference "death" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  6. ^ Resigned after the “Grand Coalition of the Three Pro-Constitution Parties” collapsed. Katō was then reinvited by the Prince Regent to form a new government with his own party, Kenseitō. Today, however, his second term is generally regarded as continuation of his first.
  7. ^ Incapacitated due to serious wound from assassination plot on 14 November 1930. Foreign Minister Shidehara Kijūrō served as Deputy Prime Minister until Hamaguchi’s return to the office on 10 March 1931.
  8. ^ Thought to be killed by renegade soldiers during the February 26 Incident. Interior Minister Gotō Fumio served as Deputy Prime Minister until Okada was found alive on 28 February 1936.
  9. ^ Incapacitated due to minor stroke on 31 January 1957. Foreign Minister Kishi Nobusuke served as Deputy Prime Minister until 25 February 1957.
  10. ^ Incapacitated due to massive stroke on 3 April 2000. Chief Cabinet Secretary Aoki Mikio served as Deputy Prime Minister until 5 April 2000.

See also

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