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, Koizumi Junichiro, is listed as the 56th individual to hold the position of prime minister, whilst his first cabinet is the 87th since Ito Hirobumi.
Names are given in the Japanese order (family name first).

Contents

19th century Prime Ministers

20th century Prime Ministers

21st century Prime Ministers

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19th century Prime Ministers

A#	I#	Name	Portrait	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes and key events
1	''1''	Ito Hirobumi		22 December 1885	30 April 1888	None
2	''2''	Kuroda Kiyotaka		30 April 1888	25 October 1889	None
	''During this interval, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Sanjo Sanetomi concurrently held the post of prime minister.''
3	''3''	Yamagata Aritomo		24 December 1889	6 May 1891	None
4	''4''	Matsukata Masayoshi		6 May 1891	8 August 1892	None
5		Ito Hirobumi, 2nd term		8 August 1892	31 August 1896	None
	''During this interval, Privy Council chairman Kuroda Kiyotaka was the interim prime minister.''
6		Matsukata Masayoshi, 2nd term		18 September 1896	12 January 1898	None
7		Ito Hirobumi, 3rd term		12 January 1898	30 June 1898	None
8	''5''	Okuma Shigenobu		30 June 1898	8 November 1898	Constitutional (Kenseito)
9		Yamagata Aritomo, 2nd term		8 November 1898	19 October 1900	None

20th century Prime Ministers

A#	I#	Name	Portrait	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes and key events
10		Ito Hirobumi, 4th term		19 October 1900	10 May 1901	Constitutional (Seiyukai)
	''During this interval, Privy Council chairman Saionji Kinmochi was the interim prime minister.''
11	''6''	Katsura Taro		2 June 1901	7 January 1906	None
12	''7''	Saionji Kinmochi		7 January 1906	14 July 1908	Constitutional (Seiyukai)
13		Katsura Taro, 2nd term		14 July 1908	30 August 1911	None
14		Saionji Kinmochi, 2nd term		30 August 1911	21 December 1912	Constitutional (Seiyukai)
15		Katsura Taro, 3rd term		21 December 1912	20 February 1913	None
16	''8''	Yamamoto Gonnohyoe		20 February 1913	16 April 1914	Military (Navy)
17		Okuma Shigenobu, 2nd term		16 April 1914	9 October 1916	Constitutional Nationalist
18	''9''	Terauchi Masatake		9 October 1916	29 September 1918	Military (Army)
19	''10''	Hara Takashi		29 September 1918	4 November 1921	Constitutional (Seiyukai)
	''During this interval, Foreign Affairs minister Uchida Yasuya was the interim prime minister.''
20	''11''	Takahashi Korekiyo		13 November 1921	12 June 1922	Constitutional (Seiyukai)
21	''12''	Kato Tomosaburo		12 June 1922	24 August 1923	Military (Navy)
	''During this interval, Foreign Affairs minister Uchida Yasuya was the interim prime minister.''
22		Yamamoto Gonnohyoe, 2nd term		2 September 1923	7 January 1924	Military (Navy)
23	''13''	Kiyoura Keigo		7 January 1924	11 June 1924	None
24	''14''	Kato Takaaki		11 June 1924	28 January 1926	Constitutional (Kenseito)
	''During this interval, Home minister Wakatsuki Reijiro was the interim prime minister.''
25	''15''	Wakatsuki Reijiro		30 January 1926	20 April 1927	Constitutional (Kenseito)
26	''16''	Tanaka Giichi		20 April 1927	2 July 1929	Constitutional (Seiyukai)
27	''17''	Hamaguchi Osachi		2 July 1929	14 April 1931	Constitutional Democratic (Minseito)
28		Wakatsuki Reijiro, 2nd term		14 April 1931	13 December 1931	Constitutional Democratic
29	''18''	Inukai Tsuyoshi		13 December 1931	16 May 1932	Constitutional (Seiyukai)
	''During this interval, Finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo was the interim prime minister.''
30	''19''	Saito Makoto		26 May 1932	8 July 1934	Military (Navy)
31	''20''	Okada Keisuke		8 July 1934	9 March 1936	Military (Navy)
32	''21''	Hirota Koki		9 March 1936	2 February 1937	None
33	''22''	Hayashi Senjuro		2 February 1937	4 June 1937	Military (Army)
34	''23''	Konoe Fumimaro		4 June 1937	5 January 1939	None
35	''24''	Hiranuma Kiichiro		5 January 1939	30 August 1939	None
36	''25''	Abe Nobuyuki		30 August 1939	16 January 1940	Military (Army)
37	''26''	Yonai Mitsumasa		16 January 1940	22 July 1940	Military (Navy)
38		Konoe Fumimaro, 2nd term		22 July 1940	18 July 1941	The Party of complete agreement with the rule of the Emperor (Taisei-Yokusan-kai)
39		Konoe Fumimaro, 3rd term		18 July 1941	18 October 1941	The Party of complete agreement with the rule of the Emperor
40	''27''	Tojo Hideki		18 October 1941	22 July 1944	Military (Army)
41	''28''	Koiso Kuniaki		22 July 1944	7 April 1945	Military (Army)
42	''29''	Suzuki Kantaro		7 April 1945	17 August 1945	Military (Navy), Chamberlain
43	''30''	Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko		17 August 1945	9 October 1945	The Imperial Family
44	''31''	Shidehara Kijuro		9 October 1945	22 May 1946	None
45	''32''	Yoshida Shigeru		22 May 1946	24 May 1947	Liberal
46	''33''	Katayama Tetsu		24 May 1947	10 March 1948	Socialist
47	''34''	Ashida Hitoshi		10 March 1948	15 October 1948	Democratic
48		Yoshida Shigeru, 2nd term		15 October 1948	16 February 1949	Liberal
49		Yoshida Shigeru, 3rd term		16 February 1949	30 October 1952	Liberal
50		Yoshida Shigeru, 4th term		30 October 1952	21 May 1953	Liberal
51		Yoshida Shigeru, 5th term		21 May 1953	10 December 1954	Liberal
52	''35''	Hatoyama Ichirō		10 December 1954	19 March 1955	Democratic
53		Hatoyama Ichirō, 2nd term		19 March 1955	22 November 1955	Democratic
54		Hatoyama Ichirō, 3rd term		22 November 1955	23 December 1956	Liberal Democratic (Jiminto)
55	''36''	Ishibashi Tanzan		23 December 1956	25 February 1957	Liberal Democratic
56	''37''	Kishi Nobusuke		25 February 1957	12 June 1958	Liberal Democratic
57		Kishi Nobusuke, 2nd term		12 June 1958	19 July 1960	Liberal Democratic
58	''38''	Ikeda Hayato		19 July 1960	8 December 1960	Liberal Democratic
59		Ikeda Hayato, 2nd term		8 December 1960	9 December 1963	Liberal Democratic
60		Ikeda Hayato, 3rd term		9 December 1963	9 November 1964	Liberal Democratic
61	''39''	Sato Eisaku		9 November 1964	17 February 1967	Liberal Democratic
62		Sato Eisaku, 2nd term		17 February 1967	14 January 1970	Liberal Democratic
63		Sato Eisaku, 3rd term		14 January 1970	7 July 1972	Liberal Democratic
64	''40''	Tanaka Kakuei		7 July 1972	22 December 1972	Liberal Democratic
65		Tanaka Kakuei, 2nd term		22 December 1972	9 December 1974	Liberal Democratic
66	''41''	Miki Takeo		9 December 1974	24 December 1976	Liberal Democratic
67	''42''	Fukuda Takeo		24 December 1976	7 December 1978	Liberal Democratic
68	''43''	Ohira Masayoshi		7 December 1978	9 November 1979	Liberal Democratic
69		Ohira Masayoshi, 2nd term		9 November 1979	12 June 1980	Liberal Democratic
	''During this interval, Cabinet Secretariat chairman Masayoshi Ito was the interim prime minister.''
70	''44''	Suzuki Zenko		17 July 1980	27 November 1982	Liberal Democratic
71	45	Nakasone Yasuhiro		27 November 1982	27 December 1983	Liberal Democratic
72		Nakasone Yasuhiro, 2nd term		27 December 1983	22 July 1986	Liberal Democratic
73		Nakasone Yasuhiro, 3rd term		22 July 1986	6 November 1987	Liberal Democratic
74	''46''	Takeshita Noboru		6 November 1987	3 June 1989	Liberal Democratic
75	''47''	Uno Sosuke		3 June 1989	10 August 1989	Liberal Democratic
76	''48''	Kaifu Toshiki		10 August 1989	28 February 1990	Liberal Democratic
77		Kaifu Toshiki, 2nd term		28 February 1990	5 November 1991	Liberal Democratic
78	''49''	Miyazawa Kiichi		5 November 1991	9 August 1993	Liberal Democratic
79	''50''	Hosokawa Morihiro		9 August 1993	28 April 1994	Japan New
80	''51''	Hata Tsutomu		28 April 1994	30 June 1994	Renewal
81	''52''	Murayama Tomiichi		30 June 1994	11 January 1996	Social Democratic
82	''53''	Hashimoto Ryutaro		11 January 1996	7 November 1996	Liberal Democratic
83		Hashimoto Ryutaro, 2nd term		7 November 1996	30 July 1998	Liberal Democratic
84	''54''	Obuchi Keizo		30 July 1998	5 April 2000	Liberal Democratic

21st century Prime Ministers

A#	I#	Name	Portrait	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes and key events
85	''55''	Mori Yoshiro		5 April 2000	4 July 2000	Liberal Democratic
86		Mori Yoshiro, 2nd term		4 July 2000	26 April 2001	Liberal Democratic
87	''56''	Koizumi Junichiro		26 April 2001	19 November 2003	Liberal Democratic
88		Koizumi Junichiro, 2nd term		19 November 2003	21 September 2005	Liberal Democratic
89		Koizumi Junichiro, 3rd term		21 September 2005	26 September 2006	Liberal Democratic
90	''57''	Abe Shinzo		26 September 2006	(present)	Liberal Democratic

External links

★ Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinets