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The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet. This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day. 32 prime ministers under the Meiji Constitution had a mandate from the Emperor.
4 years, 220 days: 7 years, 330 days Resigned [1] 14 July 1908 30 August 1911 3 years, 48 days: Resigned Independent: 21 December 1912 20 February 1913 62 days: Resigned 3 Eisaku Satō: Liberal Democratic 9 November 1964 7 July 1972 7 years, 242 days Resigned [1] 4 Itō Hirobumi: Independent 22 December 1885 30 April 1888 2 years, 131 days
46 years, 197 days 860 days 4 years, 100 days 26 October 1909 68 years, 10 days (24,846 days) 2 Kuroda Kiyotaka 9 November 1840 30 April 1888 () 47 years, 173 days 25 October 1889 () 48 years, 350 days 543 days 10 years, 302 days 23 August 1900
The Prime Minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣) is designated by the National Diet and serves a term of four years or less; with no limits imposed on the number of terms the Prime Minister may hold. The Prime Minister heads the Cabinet and exercises "control and supervision" of the executive branch, and is the head of government and commander ...
The list includes the names of recently elected or appointed heads of state and government who will take office on an appointed date, as presidents-elect and prime ministers–designate, and those leading a government-in-exile if internationally recognised.
Members of the upper house are elected for six-year terms with half the members elected every three years. It is possible for different parties to control the lower house and the upper house, a situation referred to as a "twisted Diet", something that has become more common since the JSP took control of the upper house in 1989 .
The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century AD. [6] [2] In the nengō system which has been in use since the late 7th century, years are numbered using the Japanese era name and the number of years which have elapsed since the start of that nengō era. [7]
For a list of heads of state taking dates of independence into account, see List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence. Acting presidents are included in this list, but if a leader has non-consecutive terms, only the current period of service is listed. States where head of state differs from head of government are mainly parliamentary ...