Current Political Parties
Liberal Democratic Party
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1918; d. November 29 2019.
1982 – 1987
Toshiki Kaifu
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1931; d. January 9 2022.
1989 – 1991
Yōhei Kōno
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1937.
1993 – 1995
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
1995 – 1998
Junichiro Koizumi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1942.
2001 – 2006
Shinzo Abe
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1954; d. July 8 2022.
2006 – 2007
Tarō Asō
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1940.
2008 – 2009
Shinzo Abe
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1954; d. July 8 2022.
2012 – 2020
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1918; d. November 29 2019.
1974 – 1976
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
1989
Shinzo Abe
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1954; d. July 8 2022.
2003 – 2004
Tarō Asō
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1940.
2007
Tarō Asō
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1940.
2008
Social Democratic Party
Chair of the Social Democratic Party
Tomiichi Murayama
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1924.
1996
Takako Doi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1928; d. September 20 2014.
1996 – 2003
Defunct Political Parties
Japan New Party
Leader of the Japan New Party
Morihiro Hosokawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1938.
1992 – 1994
New Frontier Party
Leader of the New Frontier Party
Toshiki Kaifu
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1931; d. January 9 2022.
1994 – 1995
Japan Socialist Party
Chair of the Japan Socialist Party
Takako Doi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1928; d. September 20 2014.
1986 – 1991
Makoto Tanabe
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1922; d. July 2 2015.
1991 – 1993
Sadao Yamahana
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1938; d. July 14 1999.
1993
Tomiichi Murayama
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1924.
1993 – 1996