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Revision as of 12:31, 1 April 2020

President of the
Republic of Japan
日本民国大統領
Incumbent
Yukio Edano

since 3 April 2016
Style His/Her Excellency (formal)
Mr/Madam President (spoken)
Member of Cabinet
Residence Kantei
Term length Four years, renewable
Formation 21 July 1948
75 years ago
Deputy Vice President
Salary ¥22,190,000 annually
Website http://www.kantei.go.jp

The President of Japan (Japanese: 日本民国大統領, Nippon Minkoku Daitōryō) is the head of state and government of the Republic of Japan, and is the commander in chief of the Japan Defence Forces. The President is directly elected quadrennially; and an individual can be re-elected indefinitely. They are the head of the Cabinet and has the power to appoint and dismiss all of its other members with the consent of the Senate.

List of Presidents

# Portrait Name
(Born–Died)
Term of Office Political Party Government
Election Took Office Left Office
1 Abe Isoo
安部 磯雄
(1865–1949)
1948 4 April 1948 10 February 1949
Died in office
Socialist Abe
2 Tetsu Katayama
片山 哲
(1887–1978)
10 February 1949 3 April 1960 Socialist Katayama
1952
1956
3 Mosaburō Suzuki
鈴木 茂三郎
(1893–1970)
1960 3 April 1960 7 May 1970
Died in office
Socialist Suzuki
1964
1968
4 Tomomi Narita
成田 知巳
(1912–1979)
7 May 1970 2 April 1972 Socialist Narita
5 Eisaku Satō
佐藤 榮作
(1901–1975)
1972 2 April 1972 3 June 1975
Died in office
Liberal Democratic Satō
6 Kakuei Tanaka
田中 角榮
(1918–1993)
3 June 1975 4 April 1976 Liberal Democratic Tanaka
7 Ichio Asukata
飛鳥田 一雄
(1915–1990)
1976 4 April 1976 1 April 1984 Socialist Asukata
1980
8 Yasuhiro Nakasone
中曽 根康弘
(1918–2019)
1984 1 April 1984 3 April 1988 Liberal Democratic Nakasone
9 Masashi Ishibashi
石橋 政嗣
(1924–2019)
1988 3 April 1988 5 April 1992 Socialist Ishibashi
10 Tomiichi Murayama
村山 富市
(born 1924)
1992 5 April 1992 7 April 1996 Socialist Murayama
Social Democratic
11 Ryutaro_Hashimoto
橋本 龍太郎
(1937–2006)
1996 7 April 1996 4 April 2000 Liberal Democratic Hashimoto
12 Junichirō Koizumi
小泉 純一郎
(born 1942)
2000 4 April 2000 6 April 2008 Liberal Democratic Koizumi
2004
13 Ichirō Ozawa
小沢 一郎
(born 1942)
2008 6 April 2008 8 June 2010 Democratic Hatoyama
14 Naoto Kan
菅 直人
(born 1946)
8 June 2010 1 April 2012 Democratic Kan
15 Shinzo Abe
安倍 晋三
(born 1954)
2012 1 April 2012 3 April 2016 Liberal Democratic Abe
16 Yukio Edano
枝野 幸男
(born 1964)
2016 3 April 2016 Incumbent Democratic Edano
Constitutional Democratic
2020