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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.
Of the 64 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.
Living prime ministers of Japan (as of October 2024) Prime Minister Date of birth Premiership Tomiichi Murayama 3 March 1924 (age 100) 1994–1996 Yasuo Fukuda 16 July 1936 (age 88) 2007–2008 Yoshirō Mori 14 July 1937 (age 87) 2000–2001 Morihiro Hosokawa 14 January 1938 (age 86) 1993–1994
The prime minister lives and works at the Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei (Prime Minister's Official Residence) in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, close to the National Diet Building. Sixty-five men have served as prime minister, the first of whom was Itō Hirobumi taking office on 22 December 1885. The longest-serving prime minister was Shinzo Abe ...
Itō Hirobumi as prime minister (c. 1880s) On 22 December 1885, Itō became the first Prime Minister of Japan, as the head of First Itō Cabinet. The first Itō Cabinet endeavored to establish institutions preparatory to the promulgation of the Constitution, and in February 1886 established a system of government for each ministry, and in March ...
A majority of the Cabinet, including the prime minister, must be members of the National Diet, and all members must be civilians. Under the Cabinet Law, the number of Cabinet ministers (excluding the prime minister) must be fourteen or less, but this may be increased to nineteen if a special need arises.
Prime Minister's Official Car (Japan) This page was last edited on 6 April 2024, at 22:19 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Hideki Tojo (東條 英機, Tōjō Hideki, pronounced [toːʑoː çideki] ⓘ; 30 December 1884 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese politician and military leader who served as prime minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944, during World War II.