Current Political Parties
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Yoshihiko Noda
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1957.
2024 – present
Liberal Democratic Party
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
Kakuei Tanaka
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.
1972 – 1974
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1918; d. November 29 2019.
1982 – 1987
Noboru Takeshita
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1924; d. June 19 2000.
1987 – 1989
Toshiki Kaifu
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1931; d. January 9 2022.
1989 – 1991
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1991 – 1993
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
Yoshirō Mori
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1937.
2000 – 2001
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
Yasuo Fukuda
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 16 1936.
2007 – 2008
Tarō Asō
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1940.
2008 – 2009
Sadakazu Tanigaki
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1945.
2009 – 2012
Shinzo Abe
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1954; d. July 8 2022.
2012 – 2020
Yoshihide Suga
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1948.
2020 – 2021
Fumio Kishida
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1957.
2021 – 2024
Shigeru Ishiba
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1957.
2024 – present
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
Kakuei Tanaka
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.
1965 – 1966
Kakuei Tanaka
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.
1968 – 1971
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1918; d. November 29 2019.
1974 – 1976
Noboru Takeshita
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1924; d. June 19 2000.
1986 – 1987
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
1989
Ichirō Ozawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1942.
1989 – 1991
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
Nobuteru Ishihara
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1957.
2010 – 2012
Shigeru Ishiba
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1957.
2012 – 2014
Sadakazu Tanigaki
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1945.
2014 – 2016
Toshimitsu Motegi
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1955.
2021 – 2024
Hiroshi Moriyama
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 8 1945.
2024 – present
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
Democratic Party of Japan
President of the Democratic Party of Japan
Ichirō Ozawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1942.
2006 – 2009
Yoshihiko Noda
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1957.
2011 – 2012
Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Japan
Ichirō Ozawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1942.
2009 – 2010
Yoshihiko Noda
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1957.
2016 – 2017
Liberal Party
President of the Liberal Party
Ichirō Ozawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1942.
1998 – 2003
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
Ichirō Ozawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1942.
1995 – 1997
Secretary-General of the New Frontier Party
Ichirō Ozawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1942.
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