List of Prime Ministers of Japan

The coat of arms of the Prime Minister and his cabinet

This is a chronological list of all Prime Ministers of Japan .

The terms of office are counted in the first column for the office, in the second for the persons. For example, Koizumi Jun'ichirō is listed as the 56th person to become Prime Minister of Japan, while his cabinet is the 89th.

Japanese Empire

A #	P #	image	Surname	Taking office	Resignation	Party (until 1918 additionally: origin)	Cabinet (individually responsible to the Tennō)
1	1		Itō Hirobumi	December 22, 1885	April 30, 1888	None ( Chōshū )	Itō I
2	2		Kuroda Kiyotaka	April 30, 1888	October 25, 1889	None ( Satsuma )	Kuroda
	During this interval, the keeper of the seal Sanjō Sanetomi held the office of Prime Minister at the same time.
3	3		Yamagata Aritomo	December 24, 1889	May 6, 1891	None (Chōshū)	Yamagata I
	From now on it was restricted by the constitution that came into force in 1890 , in which the prime minister and cabinet were not explicitly mentioned, but which allowed the Reichstag and thus also its elected lower house, the House of Representatives , to participate in the legislature and budget and thus gave the government a chance to force concessions.
4th	4th		Matsukata Masayoshi	May 6, 1891	August 8, 1892	None (Satsuma)	Matsukata I
5			Itō Hirobumi, 2nd term	August 8, 1892	August 31, 1896	None (Chōshū)	Itō II
	During this interval, the Chairman of the State Council, Kuroda Kiyotaka, served as Prime Minister
6th			Matsukata Masayoshi, 2nd term	September 18, 1896	January 12, 1898	None (Satsuma)	Matsukata II
7th			Itō Hirobumi, 3rd term	January 12, 1898	June 30, 1898	None (Chōshū)	Itō III
8th	5		Ōkuma Shigenobu	June 30, 1898	November 8, 1898	Kenseitō ( Hizen )	Ōkuma I
9			Yamagata Aritomo, 2nd term	November 8, 1898	October 19, 1900	None (Chōshū)	Yamagata II
10			Itō Hirobumi, 4th term	October 19, 1900	May 10, 1901	Rikken Seiyūkai (Chōshū)	Itō IV
	During this interval, the Chairman of the State Council Saionji Kimmochi held the post of Prime Minister
11	6th		Katsura Taro	June 2, 1901	January 7, 1906	None (Chōshū)	Katsura I
12	7th		Saionji Kimmochi	January 7, 1906	July 14, 1908	Rikken Seiyūkai ( court nobility )	Saionji I
13			Katsura Taro, 2nd term	July 14, 1908	August 30, 1911	None (Chōshū)	Katsura II
14th			Saionji Kimmochi, 2nd term	August 30, 1911	December 21, 1912	Rikken Seiyūkai (court nobility)	Saionji II
15th			Katsura Taro, 3rd term	December 21, 1912	February 20, 1913	None (Chōshū)	Katsura III
16	8th		Yamamoto Gonnohyōe	February 20, 1913	April 16, 1914	Rikken Seiyūkai (Satsuma)	Yamamoto I
17th			Ōkuma Shigenobu, 2nd term	April 16, 1914	October 9, 1916	Rikken Dōshikai (Hizen)	Ōkuma II
18th	9		Terauchi Masatake	October 9, 1916	September 29, 1918	Military (chōshū)	Terauchi
19th	10		Hara Takashi	September 29, 1918	November 4, 1921	Rikken Seiyūkai ( Morioka )	Hara
	During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Yasuya was Prime Minister
20th	11		Takahashi Korekiyo	November 13, 1921	June 12, 1922	Rikken Seiyūkai	Takahashi
21st	12		Katō Tomosaburō	June 12, 1922	August 24, 1923	military	Kato
	During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Yasuya was Prime Minister
22nd			Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, 2nd term	September 2, 1923	January 7, 1924	military	Yamamoto II
23	13		Kiyoura Keigo	January 7, 1924	June 11, 1924	No	Kiyoura
24	14th		Katō Takaaki	June 11, 1924	January 28, 1926	Kenseikai	Kato
	During this interval, Interior Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō held the post of Prime Minister
25th	15th		Wakatsuki Reijirō	January 30, 1926	April 20, 1927	Kenseikai	Wakatsuki I
26th	16		Tanaka Giichi	April 20, 1927	July 2, 1929	Rikken Seiyūkai	Tanaka
27	17th		Hamaguchi Osachi	July 2, 1929	April 14, 1931	Rikken Minseitō	Hamaguchi
28			Wakatsuki Reijirō, 2nd term	April 14, 1931	December 13, 1931	Rikken Minseitō	Wakatsuki II
29	18th		Inukai Tsuyoshi	December 13, 1931	May 15, 1932	Rikken Seiyūkai	Inukai
	During this interval, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo was Prime Minister
30th	19th		Saitō Makoto	May 26, 1932	July 8, 1934	military	Saitō
31	20th		Okada Keisuke	July 8, 1934	March 9, 1936	military	Okada
32	21st		Hirota Kōki	March 9, 1936	February 2, 1937	No	Hirota
33	22nd		Hayashi Senjūrō	February 2, 1937	June 4, 1937	military	Hayashi
34	23		Prince Konoe Fumimaro	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939	No	Konoe I.
35	24		Hiranuma Kiichirō	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939	No	Hiranuma
36	25th		Abe Nobuyuki	August 30, 1939	January 16, 1940	military	Abe
37	26th		Yonai Mitsumasa	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940	military	Yonai
38			Prince Konoe Fumimaro, 2nd term	July 22, 1940	July 18, 1941	Taisei Yokusankai	Konoe II
39			Prince Konoe Fumimaro, 3rd term	July 18, 1941	October 18, 1941	Taisei Yokusankai	Konoe III
40	27		Tōjō Hideki	October 18, 1941	July 22, 1944	military	Tōjō
41	28		Koiso Kuniaki	July 22, 1944	April 7, 1945	military	Koiso
42	29		Suzuki Kantaro	April 7, 1945	August 17, 1945	military	Suzuki
43	30th		Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko	August 17, 1945	October 9, 1945	No	Higashikuni
44	31		Shidehara Kijūrō	October 9, 1945	May 22, 1946	No	Shidehara
45	32		Yoshida Shigeru	May 22, 1946	May 24, 1947	Liberal Party of Japan	Yoshida I (U)

Japanese state

A #	P #	image	Surname	Taking office	Resignation	Political party	Cabinet (collectively responsible to the Kokkai)
46	33		Katayama Tetsu	May 24, 1947	March 10, 1948	Socialist Party of Japan	Katayama (coalition government)
47	34		Ashida Hitoshi	March 10, 1948	October 15, 1948	Democratic Party (small coalition partner)	Ashida (coalition)
48			Yoshida Shigeru, 2nd term	October 15, 1948	February 16, 1949	Democratic Liberal Party	Yoshida II (minority government)
49			Yoshida Shigeru, 3rd term	February 16, 1949	October 30, 1952	Liberal Party	Yoshida III (U1) (U2) (U3)
50			Yoshida Shigeru, 4, term	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953	Liberal Party	Yoshida IV
51			Yoshida Shigeru, 5th term	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954	Liberal Party	Yoshida V (minority)
52	35		Hatoyama Ichirō	December 10, 1954	March 19, 1955	Democratic Party of Japan	Hatoyama I (minority)
53			Hatoyama Ichirō, 2nd term	March 19, 1955	November 22, 1955	Democratic Party of Japan	Hatoyama II (minority)
54			Hatoyama Ichirō, 3rd term	November 22, 1955	December 23, 1956	Liberal Democratic Party	Hatoyama III
55	36		Ishibashi Tanzan	December 23, 1956	February 25, 1957	Liberal Democratic Party	Ishibashi
56	37		Kishi Nobusuke	February 25, 1957	June 12, 1958	Liberal Democratic Party	Kishi I (U)
57			Kishi Nobusuke, 2nd term	June 12, 1958	July 19, 1960	Liberal Democratic Party	Kishi II (U)
58	38		Ikeda Hayato	July 19, 1960	December 8, 1960	Liberal Democratic Party	Ikeda I
59			Ikeda Hayato, 2nd term	December 8, 1960	December 9, 1963	Liberal Democratic Party	Ikeda II (U1) (U2) (U3)
60			Ikeda Hayato, 3rd term	December 9, 1963	November 9, 1964	Liberal Democratic Party	Ikeda III (U)
61	39		Satō Eisaku	November 9, 1964	17th February 1967	Liberal Democratic Party	Satō I Satō I (U1) (U2) (U3)
62			Satō Eisaku, 2nd term	17th February 1967	January 14, 1970	Liberal Democratic Party	Satō II (U1) (U2)
63			Satō Eisaku, 3rd term	January 14, 1970	July 7, 1972	Liberal Democratic Party	Satō III (U)
64	40		Tanaka Kakuei	July 7, 1972	December 22, 1972	Liberal Democratic Party	Tanaka I
65			Tanaka Kakuei, 2nd term	December 22, 1972	December 9, 1974	Liberal Democratic Party	Tanaka II (U1) (U2)
66	41		Miki Takeo	December 9, 1974	December 24, 1976	Liberal Democratic Party	Miki Miki (U)
67	42		Fukuda Takeo	December 24, 1976	7th December 1978	Liberal Democratic Party	T. Fukuda (U)
68	43		Ōhira Masayoshi	7th December 1978	November 9, 1979	Liberal Democratic Party	Ōhira I
69			Ōhira Masayoshi, 2nd term	November 9, 1979	June 12, 1980	Liberal Democratic Party	Ōhira II
	During this interval, the chief secretary of the cabinet Masayoshi Itō held the office of prime minister
70	44		Suzuki Zenko	17th July 1980	November 27, 1982	Liberal Democratic Party	Suzuki (U)
71	45		Nakasone Yasuhiro	November 27, 1982	December 27, 1983	Liberal Democratic Party	Nakasone I
72			Nakasone Yasuhiro, 2nd term	December 27, 1983	July 22, 1986	Liberal Democratic Party	Nakasone II (U1) (U2) (coalition)
73			Nakasone Yasuhiro, 3rd term	July 22, 1986	November 6, 1987	Liberal Democratic Party	Nakasone III
74	46		Takeshita Noboru	November 6, 1987	June 3, 1989	Liberal Democratic Party	Takeshita (U)
75	47		Uno Sōsuke	June 3, 1989	August 10, 1989	Liberal Democratic Party	U.N
76	48		Kaifu Toshiki	August 10, 1989	February 28, 1990	Liberal Democratic Party	Kaifu I ( Nejire Kokkai )
77			Kaifu Toshiki, 2nd term	February 28, 1990	5th November 1991	Liberal Democratic Party	Kaifu II (U) (Nejire Kokkai)
78	49		Miyazawa Kiichi	5th November 1991	August 9, 1993	Liberal Democratic Party	Miyazawa (U) (Nejire Kokkai)
79	50		Hosokawa Morihiro	August 9, 1993	April 28, 1994	New Japan Party ( Nihon Shintō ) (small coalition partner)	Hosokawa (coalition)
80	51		Hata Tsutomu	April 28, 1994	June 30, 1994	Renewal Party ( Shinseitō )	Hata (coalition, minority)
81	52		Murayama Tomiichi	June 30, 1994	January 11, 1996	Socialist Party of Japan (small coalition partner)	Murayama (U) (coalition)
82	53		Hashimoto Ryūtaro	January 11, 1996	November 7, 1996	Liberal Democratic Party	Hashimoto I (coalition)
83			Hashimoto Ryūtarō, 2nd term	November 7, 1996	July 30, 1998	Liberal Democratic Party	Hashimoto II (U) (minority until 1997)
84	54		Obuchi Keizo	July 30, 1998	April 5, 2000	Liberal Democratic Party	Obuchi (Nejire Kokkai) Obuchi (U1) (U2) (Coalition)
85	55		Mori Yoshirō	April 5, 2000	4th July 2000	Liberal Democratic Party	Mori I (coalition)
86			Mori Yoshirō, 2nd term	4th July 2000	April 26, 2001	Liberal Democratic Party	Mori II (U) (coalition)
87	56		Koizumi Jun'ichirō	April 26, 2001	November 19, 2003	Liberal Democratic Party	Koizumi I (U1) (U2) (coalition)
88			Koizumi Jun'ichirō, 2nd term	November 19, 2003	September 21, 2005	Liberal Democratic Party	Koizumi II (U) (coalition)
89			Koizumi Jun'ichirō, 3rd term	September 21, 2005	September 26, 2006	Liberal Democratic Party	Koizumi III (U) (coalition)
90	57		Abe Shinzo	September 26, 2006	September 26, 2007	Liberal Democratic Party	Abe I (Coalition) Abe I (U) (Coalition, Nejire Kokkai)
91	58		Fukuda Yasuo	September 26, 2007	September 24, 2008	Liberal Democratic Party	Fukuda Fukuda (U) (Coalition, Nejire Kokkai)
92	59		Asō Tarō	September 24, 2008	September 16, 2009	Liberal Democratic Party	Asō (coalition, Nejire Kokkai)
93	60		Hatoyama Yukio	September 16, 2009	June 8, 2010	Democratic Party	Y. Hatoyama (coalition)
94	61		Kan Naoto	June 8, 2010	September 2, 2011	Democratic Party	Kan (Coalition) Kan (U1) (U2) (Coalition, Nejire Kokkai)
95	62		Noda Yoshihiko	September 2, 2011	December 26, 2012	Democratic Party	Noda (U1) (U2) (U3) (Coalition, Nejire Kokkai)
96			Abe Shinzo, 2nd term	December 26, 2012	December 24, 2014	Liberal Democratic Party	Abe II (U) (Coalition, Nejire Kokkai until 2013)
97			Abe Shinzo, 3rd term	December 24, 2014	1st November 2017	Liberal Democratic Party	Abe III (U1) (U2) (U3) (coalition)
98			Abe Shinzo, 4th term	1st November 2017		Liberal Democratic Party	Abe IV (U1) (U2) (coalition)

Longest reign

rank	Surname	P #	Term of office	Periods
01	Abe Shinzo	57	8 years and 245 days	2006-2007
				since 2012
02	Katsura Taro	06th	7 years and 328 days	1901-1906
				1908-1911
				1912-1913
03	Satō Eisaku	39	7 years and 242 days	1964-1972
04th	Itō Hirobumi	01	7 years and 161 days	1885-1888
				1892-1896
				January – June 1898
				1900-1901
05	Yoshida Shigeru	32	7 years and 59 days	1946-1947
				1948-1954
06th	Koizumi Jun'ichirō	56	5 years and 154 days	2001-2006
07th	Nakasone Yasuhiro	45	4 years and 345 days	1982-1987
08th	Ikeda Hayato	38	4 years and 114 days	1960-1964
09	Saionji Kimmochi	07th	3 years and 303 days	1906-1908
				1911-1912
10	Kishi Nobusuke	37	3 years and 145 days	1957-1960

Living former prime minister

P #	Surname	Government period	birthday	Age	Current party affiliation
48	Kaifu Toshiki	1989-1991	January 2, 1931	089	LDP
50	Hosokawa Morihiro	1993-1994	January 14, 1938	082	independent
52	Murayama Tomiichi	1994-1996	March 3, 1924	096	SDP
55	Mori Yoshirō	2000-2001	July 14, 1937	083	LDP
56	Koizumi Jun'ichirō	2001-2006	January 8, 1942	078	LDP
58	Fukuda Yasuo	2007-2008	July 16, 1936	084	LDP
59	Asō Tarō	2008-2009	September 20, 1940	079	LDP
60	Hatoyama Yukio	2009-2010	February 11, 1947	073	independent
61	Kan Naoto	2010-2011	October 10, 1946	073	KDP
62	Noda Yoshihiko	2011–2012	May 20, 1957	063	independent

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Itō is the family name, Hirobumi the first name.