List of prime ministers of Japan by time in office
This is a list of prime ministers of Japan by time in office.
Notable lengths
Japan's three longest-serving prime ministers and three shortest-serving prime ministers, left to right:
Shinzo Abe, 8 years, 267 days; Katsura Tarō, 7 years, 330 days; and Eisaku Satō, 7 years, 242 days.
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, 54 days; Tsutomu Hata, 64 days; and Tanzan Ishibashi, 65 days.
Shinzo Abe, 8 years, 267 days; Katsura Tarō, 7 years, 330 days; and Eisaku Satō, 7 years, 242 days.
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, 54 days; Tsutomu Hata, 64 days; and Tanzan Ishibashi, 65 days.
Of the 63 past prime ministers, six served more than 5 years while twenty served less than a year. Itō Hirobumi became the first Japanese prime minister in 1885 and is the only person to have served on four separate occasions. Shinzo Abe is the longest-serving prime minister with over eight years on two separate occasions, while Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni is the shortest-serving at eight weeks. Katsura Tarō was the longest-serving prime minister in the Imperial period (1885–1947) and the only person to have served on three separate occasions.
List of office holders by tenure
Rank | Prime Minister | Tenure length | Terms | Occasions | Party | Start | Reason for exit | Ref. |
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1 | Shinzo Abe | 8 years, 267 days | 4 | 2 | Liberal Democratic | 2006 | Resigned due to illness | [1] |
2 | Katsura Tarō | 7 years, 330 days | 3 | 3 | Military (Army) / None | 1901 | Resigned | [1] |
3 | Eisaku Satō | 7 years, 242 days | 3 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1964 | Resigned | [1] |
4 | Itō Hirobumi | 7 years, 164 days | 4 | 4 | None / Rikken Seiyūkai | 1885 | Resigned | [1] |
5 | Shigeru Yoshida | 7 years, 60 days | 5 | 2 | Liberal / Democratic Liberal / Liberal | 1946 | Resigned | [1] |
6 | Junichiro Koizumi | 5 years, 154 days | 3 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 2001 | Resigned | [1] |
7 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | 4 years, 345 days | 3 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1982 | Resigned | [1] |
8 | Hayato Ikeda | 4 years, 114 days | 3 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1960 | Resigned due to illness | [1] |
9 | Saionji Kinmochi | 3 years, 304 days | 2 | 2 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1906 | Resigned | [1] |
10 | Nobusuke Kishi | 3 years, 146 days | 2 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1957 | Resigned | [1] |
11 | Yamagata Aritomo | 3 years, 115 days | 2 | 2 | Military (Army) | 1889 | Resigned | [1] |
12 | Hara Takashi | 3 years, 37 days | 1 | 1 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1918 | Assassinated | [1] |
13 | Ōkuma Shigenobu | 2 years, 309 days | 2 | 2 | Kenseitō | 1898 | Resigned | [1] |
14 | Fumimaro Konoe | 2 years, 305 days | 3 | 2 | None / Imperial Rule Assistance Association | 1937 | Resigned | [1] |
15 | Hideki Tojo | 2 years, 279 days | 1 | 1 | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | 1941 | Resigned | [1] |
16 | Fumio Kishida | 2 years, 257 days | 2 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 2021 | Incumbent | [1] |
17 | Matsukata Masayoshi | 2 years, 212 days | 2 | 2 | None | 1891 | Resigned | [1] |
18 | Ryutaro Hashimoto | 2 years, 201 days | 2 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1996 | Resigned | [1] |
19 | Kakuei Tanaka | 2 years, 156 days | 2 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1972 | Resigned | [1] |
20 | Zenkō Suzuki | 2 years, 134 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1980 | Resigned | [1] |
21 | Toshiki Kaifu | 2 years, 88 days | 2 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1989 | Resigned | [1] |
22 | Tanaka Giichi | 2 years, 74 days | 1 | 1 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1927 | Resigned | [1] |
23 | Saitō Makoto | 2 years, 44 days | 1 | 1 | Military (Navy) | 1932 | Resigned | [1] |
24 | Takeo Miki | 2 years, 16 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1974 | Election | [1] |
25 | Ichirō Hatoyama | 2 years, 14 days | 3 | 1 | Japan Democratic / Liberal Democratic | 1954 | Resigned | [1] |
26 | Terauchi Masatake | 1 year, 356 days | 1 | 1 | Military (Army) | 1916 | Resigned | [1] |
27 | Takeo Fukuda | 1 year, 349 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1976 | Resigned | [1] |
28 | Wakatsuki Reijirō | 1 year, 325 days | 2 | 2 | Kenseikai | 1926 | Resigned | [1] |
29 | Hamaguchi Osachi | 1 year, 287 days | 1 | 1 | Rikken Minseitō | 1929 | Resigned due to injury | [1] |
30 | Kiichi Miyazawa | 1 year, 278 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1991 | Election | [1] |
31 | Keizō Obuchi | 1 year, 251 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1998 | Resigned due to illness | [1] |
32 | Keisuke Okada | 1 year, 246 days | 1 | 1 | Military (Navy) | 1934 | Resigned | [1] |
33 | Katō Takaaki | 1 year, 232 days | 1 | 1 | Kenseikai | 1924 | Died | [1] |
34 | Noboru Takeshita | 1 year, 210 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1987 | Resigned | [1] |
35 | Tomiichi Murayama | 1 year, 196 days | 1 | 1 | Japan Socialist | 1994 | Resigned | [1] |
36 | Masayoshi Ōhira | 1 year, 189 days | 2 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1978 | Died | [1] |
37 | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe | 1 year, 184 days | 2 | 2 | Military (Navy) | 1913 | Resigned | [1] |
38 | Kiyotaka Kuroda | 1 year, 179 days | 1 | 1 | None | 1888 | Resigned | [1] |
39 | Yoshihiko Noda | 1 year, 116 days | 1 | 1 | Democratic | 2011 | Election | [1] |
40 | Naoto Kan | 1 year, 87 days | 1 | 1 | Democratic | 2010 | Resigned | [1] |
41 | Katō Tomosaburō | 1 year, 74 days | 1 | 1 | Military (Navy) | 1922 | Died | [1] |
42 | Yoshirō Mori | 1 year, 22 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 2000 | Resigned | [1] |
43 | Yoshihide Suga | 1 year, 19 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 2020 | Resigned | [1] |
44 | Yasuo Fukuda | 1 year, 0 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 2007 | Resigned | [1] |
45 | Tarō Asō | 358 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 2008 | Election | [1] |
46 | Kōki Hirota | 331 days | 1 | 1 | None | 1936 | Resigned | [1] |
47 | Tetsu Katayama | 292 days | 1 | 1 | Japan Socialist | 1947 | Resigned | [1] |
48 | Yukio Hatoyama | 266 days | 1 | 1 | Democratic | 2009 | Resigned | [1] |
49 | Morihiro Hosokawa | 263 days | 1 | 1 | Japan New | 1993 | Resigned | [1] |
50 | Kuniaki Koiso | 260 days | 1 | 1 | Imperial Rule Assistance Association | 1944 | Resigned | [1] |
51 | Hiranuma Kiichirō | 238 days | 1 | 1 | None | 1939 | Resigned | [1] |
52 | Kijūrō Shidehara | 226 days | 1 | 1 | Japan Progressive | 1945 | Election | [1] |
53 | Hitoshi Ashida | 220 days | 1 | 1 | Democratic | 1948 | Resigned | [1] |
54 | Korekiyo Takahashi | 212 days | 1 | 1 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1921 | Resigned | [1] |
55 | Mitsumasa Yonai | 189 days | 1 | 1 | Military (Navy) | 1940 | Resigned | [1] |
56 | Kiyoura Keigo | 157 days | 1 | 1 | None | 1924 | Election | [1] |
57 | Tsuyoshi Inukai | 155 days | 1 | 1 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1931 | Assassinated | [1] |
58 | Nobuyuki Abe | 140 days | 1 | 1 | Military (Army) | 1939 | Resigned | [1] |
59 | Kantarō Suzuki | 133 days | 1 | 1 | Imperial Rule Assistance Association / None | 1945 | Resigned | [1] |
60 | Senjūrō Hayashi | 123 days | 1 | 1 | Military (Army) | 1937 | Election | [1] |
61 | Sōsuke Uno | 69 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1989 | Resigned | [1] |
62 | Tanzan Ishibashi | 65 days | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democratic | 1956 | Resigned | [1] |
63 | Tsutomu Hata | 64 days | 1 | 1 | Japan Renewal | 1994 | Resigned | [1] |
64 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | 54 days | 1 | 1 | Imperial Family | 1945 | Resigned | [1] |
See also
- List of prime ministers of Japan
- Lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Japan
- List of prime ministers of Japan by education
- List of prime ministers of Japan by home prefecture
References
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