The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣, Soumu Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
The current minister is Seiichiro Murakami, who took office on October 1, 2024.
List of ministers for internal affairs and communications (2001–)
Liberal Democratic
Democratic
Independent
| Internal Affairs Minister
|
Term of office
|
Prime Minister
|
| #
|
Portrait
|
Name
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Days
|
| 1
|
|
File:Toranosuke Katayama 200101.jpg
|
Toranosuke Katayama
|
January 6, 2001
|
September 22, 2003
|
989
|
|
Yoshirō Mori
|
|
|
Junichiro Koizumi
|
| 2
|
|
File:Tarō Asō 20031119.jpg
|
Taro Aso
|
September 22, 2003
|
October 31, 2005
|
770
|
| 3
|
|
File:Heizō Takenaka 20020930.jpg
|
Heizō Takenaka
|
October 31, 2005
|
September 26, 2006
|
330
|
| 4
|
|
File:Yoshihide Suga 2006.jpg
|
Yoshihide Suga
|
September 26, 2006
|
August 27, 2007
|
335
|
|
Shinzō Abe
|
| 5
|
|
File:Hiroya Masuda 200708.jpg
|
Hiroya Masuda
|
August 27, 2007
|
September 24, 2008
|
394
|
|
|
Yasuo Fukuda
|
| 6
|
|
File:Official portrait of Kunio Hatoyama 2008.jpg
|
Kunio Hatoyama
|
September 24, 2008
|
June 12, 2009
|
261
|
|
Taro Aso
|
| 7
|
|
File:Tsutomu Satō.jpg
|
Tsutomu Sato
|
June 12, 2009
|
September 16, 2009
|
96
|
| 8
|
|
File:Official portrait of Kazuhiro Haraguchi 2009.jpg
|
Kazuhiro Haraguchi
|
September 16, 2009
|
September 17, 2010
|
366
|
|
Yukio Hatoyama
|
|
|
Naoto Kan
|
| 9
|
|
File:Yoshihiro Katayama.jpg
|
Yoshihiro Katayama
|
September 17, 2010
|
September 2, 2011
|
350
|
| 10
|
|
File:Tatsuo Kawabata Monbukagakudaijin.jpg
|
Tatsuo Kawabata
|
September 2, 2011
|
October 1, 2012
|
395
|
|
Yoshihiko Noda
|
| 11
|
|
File:Shinji Tarutoko.jpg
|
Shinji Tarutoko
|
October 1, 2012
|
December 26, 2012
|
86
|
| 12
|
|
File:Yoshitaka Shindō 20090707.jpg
|
Yoshitaka Shindō
|
December 26, 2012
|
September 3, 2014
|
616
|
|
Shinzō Abe
|
| 14
|
|
File:Sanae Takaichi 20140903.jpg
|
Sanae Takaichi
|
September 3, 2014
|
August 3, 2017
|
1065
|
| 15
|
|
File:Seiko Noda 200809.jpg
|
Seiko Noda
|
August 3, 2017
|
October 2, 2018
|
425
|
| 16
|
|
File:Masatoshi Ishida.jpg
|
Masatoshi Ishida
|
October 2, 2018
|
September 11, 2019
|
344
|
| (14)
|
|
File:Sanae Takaichi 20190617 (cropped).jpg
|
Sanae Takaichi
|
September 11, 2019
|
September 16, 2020
|
371
|
| 17
|
|
File:Ryota Takeda.jpg
|
Ryota Takeda
|
September 16, 2020
|
October 4, 2021
|
383
|
|
Yoshihide Suga
|
| 18
|
|
File:Yasushi Kaneko 20211004.jpg
|
Yasushi Kaneko
|
October 4, 2021
|
August 10, 2022
|
310
|
|
Fumio Kishida
|
| 19
|
|
File:20211203terada minoru.jpg
|
Minoru Terada
|
August 10, 2022
|
November 20, 2022
|
102
|
| 20
|
|
File:Takeaki Matsumoto 20120603.jpg
|
Takeaki Matsumoto
|
November 21, 2022
|
September 13, 2023
|
296
|
| 21
|
|
File:Junji Suzuki 20180925.jpg
|
Junji Suzuki
|
September 13, 2023
|
December 14, 2023
|
92
|
| (20)
|
|
File:Takeaki Matsumoto 20120603.jpg
|
Takeaki Matsumoto
|
December 14, 2023
|
October 1, 2024
|
292
|
| 22
|
|
File:Seiichirō Murakami, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.jpg
|
Seiichiro Murakami
|
October 1, 2024
|
Incumbent
|
118
|
|
Shigeru Ishiba
|
| Reference: soumu.go.jp
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