Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
| Deputy Prime Minister
副総理 | |
|---|---|
Emblem of the Government of Japan | |
Incumbent Vacant since 4 October 2021 | |
| Style | Mr. Deputy Prime Minister His Excellency |
| Member of | Cabinet National Security Council |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister attested to by the Emperor |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | Kijūrō Shidehara |
| Formation | 3 May 1947 |
| Succession | First |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (副総理, Fuku-sōri) is the deputy leader of the government of Japan.
List of deputy prime ministers of Japan
| Color key (for political party) |
| Japan Progressive Japan Liberal - Democratic Liberal - Liberal Liberal Democratic |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||
| Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原 喜重郎 Shidehara Kijūrō (1872–1951) |
3 May 1947 | 24 May 1947 | 21 | Shigeru Yoshida | |||
| Office not in use | 1947 | 8 | Tetsu Katayama | ||||
| Hitoshi Ashida 芦田 均 Ashida Hitoshi (1887–1959) |
1 June 1947 | 10 March 1948 | 283 | ||||
| Suehiro Nishio 西尾 末広 Nishio Suehiro (1891–1981) |
10 March 1948 | 6 July 1948 | 118 | Hitoshi Ashida | |||
| Office not in use | 1948 | 87 | |||||
| Jōji Hayashi 林 譲治 Hayashi Jōji (1889–1960) |
19 October 1948 | 13 March 1951 | 875 | Shigeru Yoshida | |||
| Office not in use | 1951–1952 | 626 | |||||
| Taketora Ogata 緒方 竹虎 Ogata Taketora (1888–1956) |
28 November 1952 | 10 December 1954 | 742 | ||||
| Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光 葵 Shigemitsu Mamoru (1887–1957) |
10 December 1954 | 23 December 1956 | 744 | Ichirō Hatoyama | |||
| Office not in use | 1956–1957 | 148 | Tanzan Ishibashi | ||||
| Mitsujirō Ishii 石井 光次郎 Ishii Mitsujirō (1889–1981) |
20 May 1957 | 12 June 1958 | 388 | Nobusuke Kishi | |||
| Office not in use | 1958–1959 | 371 | |||||
| Shūji Masutani 益谷 秀次 Masutani Shūji (1888–1978) |
18 June 1959 | 19 July 1960 | 397 | ||||
| Office not in use | 1960–1972 | 4424 | Hayato Ikeda | ||||
| Eisaku Satō | |||||||
| Takeo Miki 三木 武夫 Miki Takeo (1907–1988) |
29 August 1972 | 12 July 1974 | 682 | Kakuei Tanaka | |||
| Office not in use | 1974 | 150 | |||||
| Takeo Fukuda 福田 赳夫 Fukuda Takeo (1905–1995) |
9 December 1974 | 6 November 1976 | 698 | Takeo Miki | |||
| Office not in use | 1976–1980 | 1313 | |||||
| Takeo Fukuda | |||||||
| Masayoshi Ito 伊東 正義 Itō Masayoshi (1913–1994) |
11 June 1980 | 17 July 1980 | 36 | Masayoshi Ōhira | |||
| Office not in use | 1980–1986 | 2196 | Zenkō Suzuki | ||||
| Shin Kanemaru 金丸 信 Kanemaru Shin (1914–1996) |
22 July 1986 | 6 November 1987 | 472 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | |||
| Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤 喜一 Miyazawa Kiichi (1919–2007) |
6 November 1987 | 9 December 1988 | 399 | Noboru Takeshita | |||
| Office not in use | 1988–1991 | 1061 | |||||
| Sōsuke Uno | |||||||
| Toshiki Kaifu | |||||||
| Michio Watanabe 渡辺 美智雄 Watanabe Michio (1923–1995) |
5 November 1991 | 7 April 1993 | 519 | Kiichi Miyazawa | |||
| Masaharu Gotōda 後藤田 正晴 Gotōda Masaharu (1914–2005) |
8 April 1993 | 9 August 1993 | 123 | ||||
| Tsutomu Hata 羽田 孜 Hata Tsutomu (1935–2017) |
9 August 1993 | 28 April 1994 | 262 | Morihiro Hosokawa | |||
| Office not in use | 1994 | 63 | Tsutomu Hata | ||||
| Yōhei Kōno 河野 洋平 Kōno Yōhei (1937–) |
30 June 1994 | 2 October 1995 | 459 | Tomiichi Murayama | |||
| Ryutaro Hashimoto 橋本 龍太郎 Hashimoto Ryūtarō (1937–2006) |
2 October 1995 | 11 January 1996 | 101 | ||||
| Wataru Kubo 久保 亘 Kubo Wataru (1929–2004) |
11 January 1996 | 7 November 1996 | 301 | Ryutaro Hashimoto | |||
| Office not in use | 1996–2009 | 4696 | |||||
| Keizō Obuchi | |||||||
| Yoshirō Mori | |||||||
| Junichiro Koizumi | |||||||
| Shinzō Abe | |||||||
| Yasuo Fukuda | |||||||
| Tarō Asō | |||||||
| Naoto Kan 菅 直人 Kan Naoto (1946–) |
16 September 2009 | 8 June 2010 | 265 | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
| Office not in use | 2010–2012 | 584 | Naoto Kan | ||||
| Katsuya Okada 岡田 克也 Okada Katsuya (1953–) |
13 January 2012 | 26 December 2012 | 348 | Yoshihiko Noda | |||
| Tarō Asō 麻生 太郎 Asō Tarō (1940–) |
26 December 2012 | 4 October 2021 | 3204 | Shinzō Abe | |||
| Yoshihide Suga | |||||||
| Office not in use | 4 October 2021–present | 1436 | Fumio Kishida | ||||
| Shigeru Ishiba | |||||||
Other websites
- Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Limited, Tokyo 1991, ISBN 4-7674-2015-6