Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
| Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
|---|---|
Emblem of the Government of Japan | |
| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Cabinet of Japan |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Appointer | Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor |
| Precursor | Minister of Health Minister of Labor |
| Formation | January 6, 2001 |
| Deputy | State Minister of Health and Labour |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣, Kousei-Rodou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.
Minister Takamaro Fukuoka took office on 1 October 2024.
List of ministers of health, labour and welfare (2001–)
Liberal Democratic
Democratic
Komeito
| Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
| 1 | Chikara Sakaguchi | January 6, 2001 | September 27, 2004 | 1360 | Yoshirō Mori | |||
| Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
| 2 | Hidehisa Otsuji | September 27, 2004 | October 31, 2005 | 399 | ||||
| 3 | Jirō Kawasaki | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 | ||||
| 4 | Hakuo Yanagisawa | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | 335 | Shinzō Abe | |||
| 5 | Yōichi Masuzoe | August 27, 2007 | September 16, 2009 | 751 | ||||
| Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
| Tarō Asō | ||||||||
| 6 | Akira Nagatsuma | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | 366 | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 7 | Ritsuo Hosokawa | September 17, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 350 | ||||
| 8 | Yoko Komiyama | September 2, 2011 | October 1, 2012 | 395 | Yoshihiko Noda | |||
| 9 | Wakio Mitsui | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 86 | ||||
| 10 | Norihisa Tamura | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 616 | Shinzō Abe | |||
| 11 | Yasuhisa Shiozaki | September 3, 2014 | August 3, 2017 | 1065 | ||||
| 12 | Katsunobu Katō | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | ||||
| 13 | Takumi Nemoto | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | ||||
| (12) | Katsunobu Katō | September 11, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | 371 | ||||
| (10) | Norihisa Tamura | September 16, 2020 | October 4, 2021 | 383 | Yoshihide Suga | |||
| 14 | Shigeyuki Goto | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | |||
| (12) | Katsunobu Katō | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 399 | ||||
| 15 | Keizō Takemi | September 13, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 384 | ||||
| 16 | Takamaro Fukuoka | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 348 | Shigeru Ishiba | |||