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He became prime minister in 2021, taking over from his predecessor Yoshihide Suga. Before that, Japan had been led for eight years by Shinzo Abe, famed for his Abenomics approach to Japan's economy.
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.
Long considered a potential future prime minister, Kishida ran in the 2020 LDP presidential election, but lost to Yoshihide Suga. He ran again for the party leadership in 2021, this time winning in a second round run-off against opponent Taro Kono. Kishida was confirmed as prime minister by the National Diet four days later on 4 October 2021.
The election was held one month after Ishiba took office as prime minister, after winning a heated contest in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election on 27 September, following the resignation of Fumio Kishida as party leader due to his low approval rating amid the party-wide slush fund corruption scandal.
28 April: Morihiro Hosokawa, Prime Minister of Japan; 30 June: Tsutomu Hata, Prime Minister of Japan; 12 November: Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson, Minister of Social Affairs of Iceland, following civil servant dismissal. 31 December: Joycelyn Elders, Surgeon General of the United States, due to controversial opinions on masturbation and drug ...
The current holder of the position is Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, who was elected to the position on 27 September 2024, following his victory in the party's presidential election. [1] [2] The previous leader, Fumio Kishida announced his resignation on 14 August 2024, thereby not seeking reelection. [3] [4]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation in August 2020; he resigned on 16 September, 2020. Abe's approval ratings suffered in 2018 as several favoritism scandals dominated media coverage.
Cabinet Secretariat, Office of Cabinet Public Relations, Japan (2003) prime minister of Japan and His Cabinet. Retrieved 28 Oct. 2003; Hunter, Janet (1984). Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, pp. 266–324, Appendix 5: Japanese Cabinets Since the Introduction of the Cabinet ...