Minister of the Environment (Japan)

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The Ministry of the Environment (環境大臣, Kankyō Daijin^?) is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of the Environment. The post has been held by Goshi Hosono since 2 September 2011.

Minister of the Environment (2001-)

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Cabinet
21st century
1	Yoriko Kawaguchi	January 6, 2001	February 8, 2002	Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi
2	Hiroshi Ōki	February 8, 2002	September 30, 2002	Junichiro Koizumi
3	Shunichi Suzuki	September 30, 2002	September 22, 2003	Junichiro Koizumi
4	Yuriko Koike	September 22, 2003	September 26, 2006	Junichiro Koizumi
5	Masatoshi Wakabayashi	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	Shinzō Abe
6	Ichirō Kamoshita	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda
7	Tetsuo Saito	August 2, 2008	September 16, 2009	Yasuo Fukuda Taro Aso
8	Sakihito Ozawa	September 16, 2009	September 21, 2010	Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan
9	Ryu Matsumoto	September 21, 2010	September 2, 2011	Naoto Kan
10	Goshi Hosono	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
11	Hiroyuki Nagahama	October 1, 2012	present	Yoshihiko Noda

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