Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan 副総理 Fuku-sōri |
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Emblem of the Government of Japan
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Appointer | The Emperor on advice of the Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | Kijūrō Shidehara |
Formation | 3 May 1947 |
The Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (副総理 Fuku-sōri?) is a senior member of the Cabinet of Japan. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister.
Deputy prime minister possesses no special powers as such, though they will always have particular responsibilities in government. They do not automatically succeed the Prime Minister, should the latter be incapacitated or resign from the leadership of his or her political party. In practice, however, the designation of someone to the role of Deputy Prime Minister may provide additional practical status within cabinet, enabling the exercise of de facto, if not de jure, power.
The current Deputy Prime Minister is Tarō Asō, who took the post on 26 December 2012.
Color key (for political party) |
Japan Progressive Japan Liberal - Democratic Liberal - Liberal |
Lists of Deputy Prime Ministers of Japan
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Deputy Prime Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | |||||
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Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||
Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原 喜重郎 Shidehara Kijūrō (1872–1951) |
3 May 1947 | 24 May 1947 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Shigeru Yoshida | |||
Office not in use | 1947 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tetsu Katayama | ||||
Hitoshi Ashida 芦田 均 Ashida Hitoshi (1887–1959) |
1 June 1947 | 10 March 1948 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
Suehiro Nishio 西尾 末広 Nishio Suehiro (1891-1981) |
10 March 1948 | 6 July 1948 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Hitoshi Ashida | |||
Office not in use | 1948 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Jōji Hayashi 林 譲治 Hayashi Jōji (1889-1960) |
19 October 1948 | 13 March 1951 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Shigeru Yoshida | |||
Office not in use | 1951-1952 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Taketora Ogata 緒方 竹虎 Ogata Taketora (1888-1956) |
28 November 1952 | 10 December 1954 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光 葵 Shigemitsu Mamoru (1887-1957) |
10 December 1954 | 23 December 1956 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Ichirō Hatoyama | |||
Office not in use | 1956-1957 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tanzan Ishibashi | ||||
Mitsujirō Ishii 石井 光次郎 Ishii Mitsujirō (1889-1981) |
20 May 1957 | 12 June 1958 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Nobusuke Kishi | |||
Office not in use | 1958-1959 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Shūji Masutani 益谷 秀次 Masutani Shūji (1888-1978) |
18 June 1959 | 19 July 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
Office not in use | 1960-1972 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Hayato Ikeda | ||||
Eisaku Satō | |||||||
Takeo Miki 三木 武夫 Miki Takeo (1907-1988) |
29 August 1972 | 12 July 1974 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Kakuei Tanaka | |||
Office not in use | 1974 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Takeo Fukuda 福田 赳夫 Fukuda Takeo (1905-1995) |
9 December 1974 | 6 November 1976 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Takeo Miki | |||
Office not in use | 1976-1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Takeo Fukuda | |||||||
Masayoshi Ito 伊東 正義 Itō Masayoshi (1913-1994) |
11 June 1980 | 17 July 1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Masayoshi Ōhira | |||
Office not in use | 1980-1986 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Zenkō Suzuki | ||||
Shin Kanemaru 金丸 信 Kanemaru Shin (1914-1996) |
22 July 1986 | 6 November 1987 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yasuhiro Nakasone | |||
Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤 喜一 Miyazawa Kiichi (1919-2007) |
6 November 1987 | 9 December 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Noboru Takeshita | |||
Office not in use | 1988-1991 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Sōsuke Uno | |||||||
Toshiki Kaifu | |||||||
Michio Watanabe 渡辺 美智雄 Watanabe Michio (1923-1995) |
5 November 1991 | 7 April 1993 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Kiichi Miyazawa | |||
Masaharu Gotōda 後藤田 正晴 Gotōda Masaharu (1914-2005) |
8 April 1993 | 9 August 1993 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
Tsutomu Hata 羽田 孜 Hata Tsutomu (1935-) |
9 August 1993 | 28 April 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Morihiro Hosokawa | |||
Office not in use | 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tsutomu Hata | ||||
Yōhei Kōno 河野 洋平 Kōno Yōhei (1937-) |
30 June 1994 | 2 October 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tomiichi Murayama | |||
Ryutaro Hashimoto 橋本 龍太郎 Hashimoto Ryūtarō (1937-2006) |
2 October 1995 | 11 January 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
Wataru Kubo 久保 亘 Kubo Wataru (1929-2003) |
11 January 1996 | 7 November 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Ryutaro Hashimoto | |||
Office not in use | 1996-2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
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 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
Office not in use | 2010-2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Naoto Kan | ||||
Katsuya Okada 岡田 克也 Okada Katsuya (1953-) |
13 January 2012 | 26 December 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yoshihiko Noda | |||
Tarō Asō 麻生 太郎 Asō Tarō (1940-) |
26 December 2012 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Shinzō Abe |
References
- Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Limited, Tokyo 1991, ISBN 4-7674-2015-6