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List of Prime Ministers of Japan

by Vishul Malik

Know about all the prime ministers of Japan. The list of prime ministers of Japan shows all the prime ministers of Japan from beginning to present with their tenure and their respective political party.


List of Prime Ministers of Japan
S.No Name Birth Place Tenure Party
1 Fumio Kishida Shibuya City, Tokyo, Japan 4 October 2021- Incumbent Liberal Democratic Party
2 Yoshihide Suga Ogachi District, Akita, Japan 16 September 2020- 4 October 2021 Liberal Democratic Party
3 Shinzō Abe Tokyo, Japan 26 December 2012- 16 September 2020 Liberal Democratic Party
4 Yoshihiko Noda Funabashi, Chiba, Japan 2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012 Democratic Party of Japan
5 Naoto Kan Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan 8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011 Democratic Party of Japan
6 Yukio Hatoyama Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010 Democratic Party of Japan
7 Tarō Asō Iizuka, Japan 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009 Liberal Democratic Party
8 Yasuo Fukuda Takasaki, Gunma, Japan 26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008 Liberal Democratic Party
9 Shinzō Abe Tokyo, Japan 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007 Liberal Democratic Party
10 Junichirō Koizumi Yokosuka, Japan 26 April 2001 – 26 September 2006 Liberal Democratic Party
11 Yoshiro Mori Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan 5 April 2000 – 26 April 2001 Liberal Democratic Party
12 Keizō Obuchi Nakanojō, Japan 30 July 1998 – 5 April 2000 Liberal Democratic Party
13 Ryutaro Hashimoto Sōja, Japan 11 January 1996 – 30 July 1998 Liberal Democratic Party
14 Tomiichi Murayama Ōita, Japan 30 June 1994 – 11 January 1996 Socialist Party of Japan
15 Tsutomu Hata Tokyo, Japan 28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994 Japan Renewal Party
16 Morihiro Hosokawa Tokyo, Japan 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 Japan New Party
17 Kiichi Miyazawa Fukuyama, Japan 5 November 1991 – 9 August 1993 Liberal Democratic Party
18 Toshiki Kaifu Nagoya, Japan 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991 Liberal Democratic Party
19 Sōsuke Uno Moriyama, Shiga, Japan 3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989 Liberal Democratic Party
20 Noboru Takeshita Unnan, Shimane, Japan 6 November 1987 – 3 June 1989 Liberal Democratic Party
21 Yasuhiro Nakasone Takasaki, Japan 27 November 1982 – 6 November 1987 Liberal Democratic Party
22 Zenko Suzuki Yamada, Iwate, Japan 17 July 1980 – 27 November 1982 Liberal Democratic Party
23 Masayoshi Ōhira Kan’onji, Kagawa, Japan 7 December 1978 – 12 June 1980 Liberal Democratic Party
24 Takeo Fukuda Takasaki, Japan 24 December 1976 – 7 December 1978 Liberal Democratic Party
25 Takeo Miki Awa, Tokushima, Japan 9 December 1974 – 24 December 1976 Liberal Democratic Party
26 Kakuei Tanaka Nishiyama, Japan 7 July 1972 – 9 December 1974 Liberal Democratic Party
27 Eisaku Satō Tabuse, Japan 9 November 1964 – 7 July 1972 Liberal Democratic Party
28 Hayato Ikeda Takehara, Japan 19 July 1960 – 9 November 1964 Liberal Democratic Party
29 Nobusuke Kishi Tabuse, Japan 31 January 1957 – 19 July 1960 Liberal Democratic Party
30 Tanzan Ishibashi Tokyo, Japan 23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957 Liberal Democratic Party
31 Ichirō Hatoyama Tokyo City, Japan 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956 Liberal Democratic Party
32 Shigeru Yoshida Yokosuka, Japan 15 October 1948 – 10 December 1954 Democratic Liberal Party
33 Hitoshi Ashida Fukuchiyama, Japan 10 March 1948 – 15 October 1948 Democratic Party
34 Tetsu Katayama Tanabe, Japan 24 May 1947 – 10 March 1948 Democratic Socialist Party
35 Shigeru Yoshida Yokosuka, Japan 22 May 1946 – 24 May 1947 Democratic Liberal Party
36 Kijūrō Shidehara Kadoma, Japan 9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946 Japan Progressive Party
37 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Kyoto, Japan 17 August 1945 – 9 October 1945 Imperial House of Japan
38 Kantarō Suzuki Kuze, Izumi, Japan 7 April 1945 – 17 August 1945 Imperial Rule Assistance Association
39 Kuniaki Koiso Utsunomiya, Japan 22 July 1944 – 7 April 1945 Imperial Rule Assistance Association
40 Hideki Tojo Kōjimachi ward, Tokyo, Japan 18 October 1941 – 22 July 1944 Imperial Rule Assistance Association
41 Fumimaro Konoe Tokyo, Japan 22 July 1940 – 18 October 1941 Imperial Rule Assistance Association
42 Mitsumasa Yonai Morioka, Japan 16 January 1940 – 22 July 1940 Military

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