Prime Minister of Japan
Appearance
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Executive Branch of the Japanese Government Office of the Prime Minister | |
Style | His Excellency (formal) |
Status | Head of Government |
Abbreviation | PMOJ |
Member of | Cabinet National Security Council National Diet |
Residence | Kantei |
Seat | Tokyo, Japan |
Nominator | National Diet |
Appointer | The Emperor (Naruhito since 1 May 2019) The monarch invites the designated prime minister confirmed by the Diet to form a government |
Term length | Four years or fewer, renewable indefinitely.[a] |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Japan |
Precursor | Shogun of Japan |
Inaugural holder | Itō Hirobumi |
Formation | 22 December 1885 (138 years, 7 months ago) |
Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister of Japan |
Salary | ¥ 40,490,000 ($377,180) annually[1] |
Website | www.kantei.go.jp |
The prime minister of Japan (
The current prime minister is Fumio Kishida since 4 October 2021.[2]
List of prime ministers
[change | change source]Living former prime ministers
[change | change source]Number | Name | Tenure | Date of birth | Age |
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1 | Tomiichi Murayama | 1994–1996 | 3 March 1924 | 100 years, 147 days |
2 | Yasuo Fukuda | 2007–2008 | 16 July 1936 | 88 years, 12 days |
3 | Yoshirō Mori | 2000–2001 | 14 July 1937 | 87 years, 14 days |
4 | Morihiro Hosokawa | 1993–1994 | 14 January 1938 | 86 years, 196 days |
5 | Tarō Asō | 2008–2009 | 20 September 1940 | 83 years, 312 days |
6 | Junichiro Koizumi | 2001–2006 | 8 January 1942 | 82 years, 202 days |
7 | Naoto Kan | 2010–2011 | 10 October 1946 | 77 years, 292 days |
8 | Yukio Hatoyama | 2009–2010 | 11 February 1947 | 77 years, 168 days |
9 | Yoshihide Suga | 2020–2021 | 6 December 1948 | 75 years, 235 days |
10 | Yoshihiko Noda | 2011–2012 | 20 May 1957 | 67 years, 69 days |
Travel
[change | change source]- Prime Minister's Official Residence
- Japanese Air Force One
- Prime Minister's Official Car
- List of spouses of prime ministers of Japan
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "IG.com Pay Check". IG.
- ↑ "Fumio Kishida takes office as Japan's new Prime Minister".
- ↑ Updated daily according to UTC.
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ The Cabinet shall resign en masse after a general election of members of the House of Representatives. Their term of office is four years which can be terminated earlier. No limits are imposed on the number of terms or tenures the Prime Minister may hold. The Prime Minister is, by convention, the leader of the victorious party, though some prime ministers have been elected from junior coalition partners or minority parties.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet Official website