List of Japanese Cabinet Secretaries
This is a list of the Japanese chief cabinet secretaries ( Japanese 内閣 官 房 長官 , naikaku kambō chōkan ; until 1947: 内閣 書記官長 , naikaku shokikanchō ).
Naikaku Shokikanchō until 1947
| # | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanaka Mitsuaki | December 22, 1885 | April 30, 1888 |
| 2 | Komaki Masanari | April 30, 1888 | December 24, 1889 |
| 3 | Sufu Kōhei | December 24, 1889 | May 6, 1891 |
| 4th | Hirayama Seishin | June 15, 1891 | August 8, 1892 |
| 5 | Itō Miyoji | August 8, 1892 | August 31, 1896 |
| 6th | Takahashi Kanzo | September 20, 1896 | October 8, 1897 |
| 7th | Hirayama Seishin | October 28, 1897 | January 12, 1897 |
| 8th | Sameshima Takenosuke | January 12, 1897 | June 30, 1898 |
| 9 | Takedomi Tokitoshi | June 30, 1898 | November 8, 1898 |
| 10 | Yasuhiro Banichirō | November 8, 1898 | October 19, 1900 |
| 11 | Sameshima Takenosuke | October 19th | June 2, 1901 |
| 12 | Shibata Kamon | June 2, 1901 | January 7, 1906 |
| 13 | Ishiwata Bin'ichi | January 7, 1906 | 4th January 1908 |
| 14th | Minami Hiroshi | 4th January 1908 | July 14, 1908 |
| 15th | Shibata Kamon | July 14, 1908 | August 30, 1911 |
| 16 | Minami Hiroshi | August 30, 1911 | December 21, 1912 |
| 17th | Egi Tasuke | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 |
| 18th | Yamanouchi Kazuji | February 20, 1913 | April 16, 1914 |
| 19th | Egi Tasuke | April 16, 1914 | October 9, 1916 |
| 20th | Kodama Hideo | October 9, 1916 | September 29, 1918 |
| 21st | Takahashi Kōe | September 29, 1918 | November 13, 1921 |
| 22nd | Mitsuchi Chūzō | November 24, 1921 | June 12, 1922 |
| 23 | Miyata Mitsuo | June 12, 1922 | September 2, 1923 |
| 24 | Kabayama Sukehide | September 2, 1923 | January 7, 1924 |
| 25th | Kobashi Ichita | January 7, 1924 | June 11, 1924 |
| 26th | Egi Tasuke | June 11, 1924 | August 2, 1925 |
| 27 | Tsukamoto Seiji | August 2, 1925 | April 20, 1927 |
| 28 | Hatoyama Ichirō | April 20, 1927 | July 2, 1929 |
| 29 | Suzuki Fujiya | July 2, 1929 | April 14, 1931 |
| 30th | Kawasaki Takukichi | April 14, 1931 | December 13, 1931 |
| 31 | Mori Kaku | December 13, 1931 | May 26, 1932 |
| 32 | Shibata Zenzaburō | May 26, 1932 | March 13, 1933 |
| 33 | Horikiri Zenjirō | March 13, 1933 | July 8, 1934 |
| 34 | Kawada Isao | July 8, 1934 | October 20, 1934 |
| 35 | Yoshida Shigeru | October 20, 1934 | May 11, 1935 |
| 36 | Shirane Takesuke | May 11, 1935 | March 9, 1936 |
| 37 | Fujinuma Shōhei | March 10, 1936 | February 2, 1937 |
| 38 | Ōhashi Hachirō | February 2, 1937 | June 4, 1937 |
| 39 | Kazami Akira | June 4, 1937 | January 4, 1939 |
| 40 | Tanabe Harumichi | January 5, 1939 | April 7, 1939 |
| 41 | Ōta Kōzō | April 7, 1939 | August 30, 1939 |
| 42 | Endō Ryūsaku | August 30, 1939 | January 15, 1940 |
| 43 | Ishiwata Sōtarō | January 15, 1940 | July 22, 1940 |
| 44 | Tomita Kenji | July 22, 1940 | July 18, 1941 |
| 45 | July 18, 1941 | October 18, 1941 | |
| 46 | Hoshino Naoki | October 18, 1941 | July 22, 1944 |
| 47 | Miura Kazuo | July 22, 1944 | July 29, 1944 |
| 48 | Tanaka Takeo | July 29, 1944 | February 10, 1945 |
| 49 | Hirose Tadahisa | February 10, 1945 | February 21, 1945 |
| 50 | Ishiwata Sōtarō | February 21, 1945 | April 7, 1945 |
| 51 | Sakomizu Hisatsune | April 7, 1945 | August 15, 1945 |
| 52 | Ogata Taketora | August 15, 1945 | October 5, 1945 |
| 53 | Tsugita Daisaburō | October 9, 1945 | January 13, 1946 |
| 54 | Narahashi Wataru | January 13, 1946 | May 22, 1946 |
| 55 | Hayashi Jūji | May 29, 1946 | May 2, 1947 |
Naikaku Kambō Chōkan from 1947
| # | Surname | cabinet | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Party (faction) | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not necessarily part of the cabinet | ||||||
| 1 | Hayashi Jūji | Yoshida I | May 3, 1947 | May 24, 1947 | Liberal Party of Japan | |
| - | (vacant) | Katayama | ||||
| 2 | Nishio Suehiro | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | SPJ (right wing) | as a minister | |
| 3 | Tomabechi Gizo | Ashida | March 10, 1948 | October 15, 1948 | Democratic Party of Japan | as a minister |
| - | (vacant) | Yoshida II | ||||
| 4th | Satō Eisaku | October 17, 1948 | February 16, 1949 | independent | ||
| 5 | Masuda Kaneshichi | Yoshida III | February 16, 1949 | June 24, 1949 | Democratic Liberal Party | |
| 6th | June 24, 1949 | May 6, 1950 | as a minister | |||
| 7th | Okazaki Katsuo | Yoshida III (1st transformation) | May 6, 1950 | December 26, 1951 | Democratic Liberal Party | |
| Yoshida III (2nd transformation) | ||||||
| 8th | Hori Shigeru | Yoshida III (3rd transformation) | December 26, 1951 | October 30, 1952 | Liberal Party | |
| 9 | Ogata Taketora | Yoshida IV | October 30, 1952 | March 24, 1953 | Liberal Party | as Deputy Prime Minister |
| 10 | Fukunaga Kenji | March 24, 1953 | May 21, 1953 | Liberal Party | ||
| 11 | Yoshida V | May 21, 1953 | September 24, 1954 | |||
| 12 | September 24, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | as a minister | |||
| 13 | Nemoto Ryūtaro | Hatoyama I | December 10, 1954 | March 19, 1955 | Democratic Party of Japan | |
| 14th | Hatoyama II | March 19, 1955 | November 22, 1955 | |||
| 15th | Hatoyama III | November 22, 1955 | December 23, 1956 | |||
| 16 | Ishida Hirohide | Ishibashi | December 23, 1956 | February 25, 1957 | LDP ( Ishibashi ) | |
| 17th | Kishi I | February 25, 1957 | July 10, 1957 | |||
| 18th | Aichi Kiichi | Kishi I (transformation) | July 10, 1957 | June 12, 1958 | LDP | |
| 19th | Akagi Munenori | Kishi II | June 12, 1958 | June 18, 1959 | LDP ( Kishi ) | |
| 20th | Shiina etsusaburō | Kishi II (transformation) | June 18, 1959 | July 19, 1960 | LDP (Kishi) | |
| 21st | Ōhira Masayoshi | Ikeda I | July 19, 1960 | December 8, 1960 | LDP ( Ikeda ) | |
| 22nd | Ikeda II | December 8, 1960 | July 18, 1962 | |||
| Ikeda II (1st transformation) | ||||||
| 23 | Kurogane Yasumi | Ikeda II (2nd transformation) | July 18, 1962 | June 11, 1963 | LDP | |
| as ninshōkan (formally appointed by the emperor) | ||||||
| 24 | Kurogane Yasumi | Cabinet Ikeda II (2nd transformation) | June 11, 1963 | December 9, 1963 | ||
| Ikeda II (3rd transformation) | ||||||
| 25th | Ikeda III | December 9, 1963 | July 18, 1964 | |||
| 26th | Suzuki Zenko | Ikeda III (remodeling) | July 18, 1964 | November 9, 1964 | LDP (Ikeda) | |
| 27 | Hashimoto Tomisaburō | Satō I | November 9, 1964 | June 28, 1966 | LDP ( Satō ) | |
| Satō I (1st transformation) | ||||||
| as a minister part of the cabinet | ||||||
| 28 | Hashimoto Tomisaburō | Cabinet Satō I (1st transformation) | June 28, 1966 | August 1, 1966 | ||
| 29 | Aichi Kiichi | Satō I (2nd transformation) | August 1, 1966 | 3rd December 1966 | LDP (Satō) | |
| 30th | Fukunaga Kenji | Satō I (3rd transformation) | 3rd December 1966 | 17th February 1967 | LDP ( Maeo ) | |
| 31 | Satō II | 17th February 1967 | June 22, 1967 | |||
| 32 | Kimura Toshio | June 22, 1967 | November 30, 1968 | LDP (Satō) | ||
| Satō II (1st transformation) | ||||||
| 33 | Hori Shigeru | Satō II (2nd transformation) | November 30, 1968 | January 14, 1970 | LDP (Satō) | |
| 34 | Satō III | January 14, 1970 | 5th July 1971 | |||
| 35 | Takeshita Noboru | Satō III (transformation) | 5th July 1971 | July 7, 1972 | LDP (Satō) | |
| 36 | Nikaidō Susume | Tanaka I | July 7, 1972 | December 22, 1972 | LDP ( Tanaka ) | |
| 37 | Tanaka II | December 22, 1972 | November 11, 1974 | |||
| Tanaka II (1st transformation) | ||||||
| 38 | Takeshita Noboru | Tanaka II (2nd transformation) | November 11, 1974 | December 9, 1974 | LDP (Tanaka) | |
| 39 | Ide Ichitarō | Miki | December 9, 1974 | December 24, 1976 | LDP | |
| Miki (transformation) | ||||||
| 40 | Sonoda Sunao | Takeo Fukuda | December 24, 1976 | November 28, 1977 | LDP ( Fukuda ) | |
| 41 | Abe Shintaro | Takeo Fukuda (transformation) | November 28, 1977 | 7th December 1978 | LDP (Fukuda) | |
| 42 | Tanaka Rokusuke | Ōhira I | 7th December 1978 | November 9, 1979 | LDP ( Ōhira ) | |
| 43 | Itō Masayoshi | Ōhira II | November 9, 1979 | 17th July 1980 | LDP (Ōhira) | Acting Prime Minister (from June 11, 1980) |
| 44 | Miyazawa Kiichi | Suzuki | 17th July 1980 | November 27, 1982 | LDP ( Suzuki ) | |
| Suzuki (transformation) | ||||||
| 45 | Gotōda Masaharu | Nakasone I | November 27, 1982 | December 27, 1983 | LDP (Tanaka) | |
| 46 | Fujinami Takao | Nakasone II | December 27, 1983 | December 28, 1985 | LDP | |
| Nakasone II (1st transformation) | ||||||
| 47 | Gotōda Masaharu | Nakasone II (2nd transformation) | December 28, 1985 | July 22, 1986 | LDP ( Takeshita ) | |
| 48 | Nakasone III | July 22, 1986 | November 6, 1987 | |||
| 49 | Obuchi Keizo | Takeshita | November 6, 1987 | June 3, 1989 | LDP (Takeshita) | Proclamation of the Nengo Heisei |
| 50 | Shiokawa Masajūrō | U.N | June 3, 1989 | August 10, 1989 | LDP ( Abe ) | |
| 51 | Yamashita Tokuo | Kaifu I | August 10, 1989 | August 25, 1989 | LDP ( Kōmoto ) | |
| 52 | Moriyama Mayumi | August 25, 1989 | February 28, 1990 | LDP (Kōmoto) | ||
| 53 | Sakamoto Misoji | Kaifu II | February 28, 1990 | 5th November 1991 | LDP (Kōmoto) | |
| Kaifu II (remodeling) | ||||||
| 54 | Katō Kōichi | Miyazawa | 5th November 1991 | December 12, 1992 | LDP ( Miyazawa ) | |
| 55 | Kōno Yōhei | Miyazawa (reshuffle) | December 12, 1992 | August 9, 1993 | LDP (Miyazawa) | |
| 56 | Takemura Masayoshi | Hosokawa | August 9, 1993 | April 28, 1994 | New party sakigake | |
| - | Hata Tsutomu | Hata | April 28, 1994 | Shinseitō | as prime minister | |
| 57 | Kumagai Hiroshi | April 28, 1994 | June 30, 1994 | Shinseitō | ||
| 58 | Igarashi Kōzō | Murayama | June 30, 1994 | August 8, 1995 | SPJ | |
| 59 | Nosaka Kōken | Murayama (transformation) | August 8, 1995 | January 11, 1996 | SPJ | |
| 60 | Kajiyama Seiroku | Hashimoto I | January 11, 1996 | November 7, 1996 | LDP | |
| 61 | Hashimoto II | November 7, 1996 | September 11, 1997 | |||
| 62 | Kanezō Muraoka | Hashimoto II (remodeling) | September 11, 1997 | July 30, 1998 | LDP (Obuchi) | |
| 63 | Nonaka Hiromu | Obuchi | July 30, 1998 | October 5, 1999 | LDP (Obuchi) | |
| Obuchi (1st transformation) | ||||||
| 64 | Aoki Mikio | Obuchi (2nd transformation) | October 5, 1999 | April 5, 2000 | LDP (Obuchi) | Acting Prime Minister (from April 3, 2000) |
| 65 | Mori I | April 5, 2000 | 4th July 2000 | |||
| 66 | Nakagawa Hidenao | Mori II | 4th July 2000 | October 27, 2000 | LDP ( Mori ) | |
| 67 | Fukuda Yasuo | October 27, 2000 | April 26, 2001 | LDP (Mori) | ||
| Mori II (reshuffle) | ||||||
| 68 | Koizumi I | April 26, 2001 | November 19, 2003 | |||
| Koizumi I (1st transformation) | ||||||
| Koizumi I (2nd transformation) | ||||||
| 69 | Koizumi II | November 19, 2003 | May 7, 2004 | |||
| 70 | Hosoda Hiroyuki | May 7, 2004 | September 21, 2005 | LDP (Mori) | ||
| Koizumi II (remodeling) | ||||||
| 71 | Koizumi III | September 21, 2005 | October 31, 2005 | |||
| 72 | Abe Shinzo | Koizumi III (transformation) | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | LDP (Mori) | |
| 73 | Shiozaki Yasuhisa | Abe I | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | LDP ( Koga ) | |
| 74 | Yosano Kaoru | Abe I (reshuffle) | August 27, 2007 | September 26, 2007 | LDP (non-attached) | |
| 75 | Machimura Nobutaka | Fukuda | September 26, 2007 | September 24, 2008 | LDP ( Machimura ) | |
| Fukuda (reshuffle) | ||||||
| 76 | Kawamura Takeo | Asō | September 24, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | LDP ( Ibuki ) | |
| 77 | Hirano Hirofumi | Hatoyama | September 16, 2009 | June 8, 2010 | Democratic Party ( Hatoyama ) | |
| 78 | Sengoku Yoshito | Can | June 8, 2010 | Jan. 14, 2011 | Democratic Party ( Maehara ) | |
| Kan (1st transformation) | ||||||
| 79 | Edano Yukio | Kan (2nd transformation) | Jan. 14, 2011 | Sep 2 2011 | Democratic Party (Maehara) | |
| 80 | Fujimura Osamu | Noda | Sep 2 2011 | Dec 26, 2012 | Democratic Party ( Noda ) | |
| 81 | Suga Yoshihide | Abe II | Dec 26, 2012 | LDP (non-attached) | since July 2016 the longest reigning kambō-chōkan ever | |
| Abe II (reshuffle) | ||||||
| 82 | Abe III | |||||
| Abe III (1st transformation) | ||||||
| Abe III (2nd transformation) | ||||||
Web links
- List of cabinet secretaries 1901-1960 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Cucek: Japan's indispensable man. In: East Asia Forum . November 29, 2016, accessed June 7, 2017 .
