Minister of Defense (Japan)
| Minister of Defense
防衛大臣 | |
|---|---|
Standard of the Minister of Defense | |
| Ministry of Defense | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Cabinet National Security Council Defense Council |
| Reports to | The Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister subject to formal attestation by the Emperor |
| Precursor | Director General of the Defense Agency |
| Formation | 9 January 2007 |
| First holder | Fumio Kyuma |
| Deputy | State Minister of Defense |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The Minister of Defense (防衛大臣, Bōei Daijin), or Bōei-shō (防衛相), is a member of the Japanese cabinet and is the leader of the Japanese Ministry of Defense.
The minister of defense is appointed by the Prime Minister and is a member of the National Security Council.
List of ministers of defense (2007–present)
| Minister of Defense | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 | Fumio Kyuma | January 9, 2007 | July 4, 2007 | 176 days | Shinzō Abe | |||
| 2 | Yuriko Koike | July 4, 2007 | August 27, 2007 | 54 days | ||||
| 3 | Masahiko Kōmura | August 27, 2007 | September 26, 2007 | 30 days | ||||
| 4 | Shigeru Ishiba | September 26, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | 311 days | Yasuo Fukuda | |||
| 5 | Yoshimasa Hayashi | August 2, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | 53 days | ||||
| 6 | Yasukazu Hamada | September 24, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 357 days | Taro Aso | |||
| 7 | Toshimi Kitazawa | September 16, 2009 | September 2, 2011 | 1 year, 351 days | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 8 | Yasuo Ichikawa | September 2, 2011 | January 13, 2012 | 133 days | Yoshihiko Noda | |||
| 9 | Naoki Tanaka | January 13, 2012 | June 4, 2012 | 143 days | ||||
| 10 | Satoshi Morimoto | June 4, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 205 days | ||||
| 11 | Itsunori Onodera | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 1 year, 251 days | Shinzō Abe | |||
| 12 | Akinori Eto | September 3, 2014 | December 24, 2014 | 112 days | ||||
| 13 | Gen Nakatani | December 24, 2014 | August 3, 2016 | 1 year, 223 days | ||||
| 14 | Tomomi Inada | August 3, 2016 | July 28, 2017 | 359 days | ||||
| – | Fumio Kishida (Acting) |
July 28, 2017 | August 3, 2017 | 6 days | ||||
| 15 (11) |
Itsunori Onodera | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 1 year, 60 days | ||||
| 16 | Takeshi Iwaya | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 days | ||||
| 17 | Tarō Kōno | September 11, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | 1 year, 5 days | ||||
| 18 | Nobuo Kishi | September 16, 2020 | August 10, 2022 | 1 year, 328 days | Yoshihide Suga | |||
| Fumio Kishida | ||||||||
| 19 (6) |
Yasukazu Hamada | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 1 year, 34 days | ||||
| 20 | Minoru Kihara | September 13, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 1 year, 18 days | ||||
| 21 (13) |
Gen Nakatani | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 330 days | Shigeru Ishiba | |||