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List of prime ministers of Japan by time in office

This is a list of prime ministers of Japan by time in office.

Notable lengths edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
Japan's three longest-serving prime ministers and three shortest-serving prime ministers, left to right:
Shinzo Abe, 8 years, 267 days; Katsura Tarō, 7 years, 330 days; and Eisaku Satō, 7 years, 242 days.
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, 54 days; Tsutomu Hata, 64 days; and Tanzan Ishibashi, 65 days.

Of the 63 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. Shinzo Abe is the longest-serving prime minister with over eight years on two separate occasions, while Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni is the shortest-serving at eight weeks. Katsura Tarō was the longest-serving prime minister in the Imperial period (1885–1947) and the only person to have served on three separate occasions.

List of office holders by tenure edit

Rank Prime Minister Tenure length Terms Occasions Party Start Reason
for exit		 Ref.
1 Shinzo Abe 8 years, 267 days 4 2 Liberal Democratic 2006 Resigned due to illness [1]
2 Katsura Tarō 7 years, 330 days 3 3 Military (Army) / None 1901 Resigned [1]
3 Eisaku Satō 7 years, 242 days 3 1 Liberal Democratic 1964 Resigned [1]
4 Itō Hirobumi 7 years, 164 days 4 4 None / Rikken Seiyūkai 1885 Resigned [1]
5 Shigeru Yoshida 7 years, 60 days 5 2 Liberal / Democratic Liberal / Liberal 1946 Resigned [1]
6 Junichiro Koizumi 5 years, 154 days 3 1 Liberal Democratic 2001 Resigned [1]
7 Yasuhiro Nakasone 4 years, 345 days 3 1 Liberal Democratic 1982 Resigned [1]
8 Hayato Ikeda 4 years, 114 days 3 1 Liberal Democratic 1960 Resigned due to illness [1]
9 Saionji Kinmochi 3 years, 304 days 2 2 Rikken Seiyūkai 1906 Resigned [1]
10 Nobusuke Kishi 3 years, 146 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1957 Resigned [1]
11 Yamagata Aritomo 3 years, 115 days 2 2 Military (Army) 1889 Resigned [1]
12 Hara Takashi 3 years, 37 days 1 1 Rikken Seiyūkai 1918 Assassinated [1]
13 Ōkuma Shigenobu 2 years, 309 days 2 2 Kenseitō 1898 Resigned [1]
14 Fumimaro Konoe 2 years, 305 days 3 2 None / Imperial Rule Assistance Association 1937 Resigned [1]
15 Hideki Tojo 2 years, 279 days 1 1 Imperial Rule Assistance Association 1941 Resigned [1]
16 Fumio Kishida 2 years, 213 days
 2 1 Liberal Democratic 2021 Incumbent [1]
17 Matsukata Masayoshi 2 years, 212 days 2 2 None 1891 Resigned [1]
18 Ryutaro Hashimoto 2 years, 201 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1996 Resigned [1]
19 Kakuei Tanaka 2 years, 156 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1972 Resigned [1]
20 Zenkō Suzuki 2 years, 134 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1980 Resigned [1]
21 Toshiki Kaifu 2 years, 88 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1989 Resigned [1]
22 Tanaka Giichi 2 years, 74 days 1 1 Rikken Seiyūkai 1927 Resigned [1]
23 Saitō Makoto 2 years, 44 days 1 1 Military (Navy) 1932 Resigned [1]
24 Takeo Miki 2 years, 16 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1974 Election [1]
25 Ichirō Hatoyama 2 years, 14 days 3 1 Japan Democratic / Liberal Democratic 1954 Resigned [1]
26 Terauchi Masatake 1 year, 356 days 1 1 Military (Army) 1916 Resigned [1]
27 Takeo Fukuda 1 year, 349 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1976 Resigned [1]
28 Wakatsuki Reijirō 1 year, 325 days 2 2 Kenseikai 1926 Resigned [1]
29 Hamaguchi Osachi 1 year, 287 days 1 1 Rikken Minseitō 1929 Resigned due to injury [1]
30 Kiichi Miyazawa 1 year, 278 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1991 Election [1]
31 Keizō Obuchi 1 year, 251 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1998 Resigned due to illness [1]
32 Keisuke Okada 1 year, 246 days 1 1 Military (Navy) 1934 Resigned [1]
33 Katō Takaaki 1 year, 232 days 1 1 Kenseikai 1924 Died [1]
34 Noboru Takeshita 1 year, 210 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1987 Resigned [1]
35 Tomiichi Murayama 1 year, 196 days 1 1 Japan Socialist 1994 Resigned [1]
36 Masayoshi Ōhira 1 year, 189 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1978 Died [1]
37 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 1 year, 184 days 2 2 Military (Navy) 1913 Resigned [1]
38 Kiyotaka Kuroda 1 year, 179 days 1 1 None 1888 Resigned [1]
39 Yoshihiko Noda 1 year, 116 days 1 1 Democratic 2011 Election [1]
40 Naoto Kan 1 year, 87 days 1 1 Democratic 2010 Resigned [1]
41 Katō Tomosaburō 1 year, 74 days 1 1 Military (Navy) 1922 Died [1]
42 Yoshirō Mori 1 year, 22 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 2000 Resigned [1]
43 Yoshihide Suga 1 year, 19 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 2020 Resigned [1]
44 Yasuo Fukuda 1 year, 0 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 2007 Resigned [1]
45 Tarō Asō 358 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 2008 Election [1]
46 Kōki Hirota 331 days 1 1 None 1936 Resigned [1]
47 Tetsu Katayama 292 days 1 1 Japan Socialist 1947 Resigned [1]
48 Yukio Hatoyama 266 days 1 1 Democratic 2009 Resigned [1]
49 Morihiro Hosokawa 263 days 1 1 Japan New 1993 Resigned [1]
50 Kuniaki Koiso 260 days 1 1 Imperial Rule Assistance Association 1944 Resigned [1]
51 Hiranuma Kiichirō 238 days 1 1 None 1939 Resigned [1]
52 Kijūrō Shidehara 226 days 1 1 Japan Progressive 1945 Election [1]
53 Hitoshi Ashida 220 days 1 1 Democratic 1948 Resigned [1]
54 Korekiyo Takahashi 212 days 1 1 Rikken Seiyūkai 1921 Resigned [1]
55 Mitsumasa Yonai 189 days 1 1 Military (Navy) 1940 Resigned [1]
56 Kiyoura Keigo 157 days 1 1 None 1924 Election [1]
57 Tsuyoshi Inukai 155 days 1 1 Rikken Seiyūkai 1931 Assassinated [1]
58 Nobuyuki Abe 140 days 1 1 Military (Army) 1939 Resigned [1]
59 Kantarō Suzuki 133 days 1 1 Imperial Rule Assistance Association / None 1945 Resigned [1]
60 Senjūrō Hayashi 123 days 1 1 Military (Army) 1937 Election [1]
61 Sōsuke Uno 69 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1989 Resigned [1]
62 Tanzan Ishibashi 65 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1956 Resigned [1]
63 Tsutomu Hata 64 days 1 1 Japan Renewal 1994 Resigned [1]
64 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 54 days 1 1 Imperial Family 1945 Resigned [1]

See also edit

References edit

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