List of Prime Ministers of Japan
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This is a historical list of individuals who have served as Prime Minister of Japan.
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, Yasuo Fukuda, is listed as the 58th individual to hold the office of prime minister, whilst his first cabinet is the 91st since Hirobumi Itō.
To avoid confusion, all the names on this list follow the Western convention (given name first, family name second) for consistency.
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[edit] 19th century Prime Ministers
| A# | I# | Name | Portrait | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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| 1 | 1 | Hirobumi Itō |  |
22 December 1885 | 30 April 1888 | None |
| 2 | 2 | Kiyotaka Kuroda |  |
30 April 1888 | 25 October 1889 [1] | None |
| Sanetomi Sanjō [2] |  |
25 October 1889 | 24 December 1889 | None | ||
| 3 | 3 | Aritomo Yamagata |  |
24 December 1889 | 6 May 1891 | None |
| 4 | 4 | Masayoshi Matsukata |  |
6 May 1891 | 8 August 1892 | None |
| 5 | Hirobumi Itō 2nd term |
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8 August 1892 | 31 August 1896 [3] | None | |
| During this interval, Privy Council Chairman Kiyotaka Kuroda was the Acting Prime Minister. | ||||||
| 6 | Masayoshi Matsukata 2nd term |
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18 September 1896 | 12 January 1898 | None | |
| 7 | Hirobumi Itō 3rd term |
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12 January 1898 | 30 June 1898 | None | |
| 8 | 5 | Shigenobu Ōkuma |  |
30 June 1898 | 8 November 1898 | Kenseitō |
| 9 | Aritomo Yamagata 2nd term |
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8 November 1898 | 19 October 1900 | None | |
[edit] 20th century Prime Ministers before and during WWII
[edit] 20th century Post-WWII Prime Ministers
[edit] 21st century Prime Ministers
| A# | I# | Name | Portrait | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Other Ministerial Offices Held |
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| 86 | Yoshirō Mori 2nd term |
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4 July 2000 | 26 April 2001 | Liberal Democratic | Minister of Health and Welfare Minister of Construction Minister of International Trade and Industry |
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| 87 | 56 | Junichirō Koizumi |  |
26 April 2001 | 19 November 2003 | Liberal Democratic | Minister of Health and Welfare Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| 88 | Junichirō Koizumi 2nd term |
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19 November 2003 | 21 September 2005 | Liberal Democratic | Minister of Health and Welfare Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
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| 89 | Junichirō Koizumi 3rd term |
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21 September 2005 | 26 September 2006 | Liberal Democratic | Minister of Health and Welfare Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
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| 90 | 57 | Shinzō Abe |  |
26 September 2006 | 26 September 2007 | Liberal Democratic | Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| 91 | 58 | Yasuo Fukuda |  |
26 September 2007 | Incumbent | Liberal Democratic | Chief Cabinet Secretary |
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Upon the resignation of the government, the Emperor only accepted Kuroda’s resignation and invited Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Sanetomi Sanjō to head the government for two more months. Today, however, Sanjō’ government is generally regarded as continuation of the Kuroda’s.
- ^ Temporarily held by the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.
- ^ a b Resigned.
- ^ a b Assassinated.
- ^ a b c Died in office of natural causes.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Incapacitated due to serious wound from assassination plot on 14 November 1930. Foreign Minister Kijūrō Shidehara served as Deputy Prime Minister until Hamaguchi’s return to the office on 10 March 1931.
- ^ Thought to be killed by renegade soldiers during the February 26 Incident. Interior Minister Fumio Gotō served as Deputy Prime Minister until Okada was found alive on 28 February 1936.
- ^ Incapacitated due to minor stroke on 31 January 1957. Foreign Minister Nobusuke Kishi served as Deputy Prime Minister until 25 February 1957.
- ^ Incapacitated due to massive stroke on 3 April 1998. Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki served as Deputy Prime Minister until 5 April 1998.
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