Minister of Defense (Japan)
cabinet minister in Japan
The Minister of Defense (防衛大臣, Bōei Daijin), or Bōei-shō (防衛相), is a member of the Japanese cabinet and is the leader of the Japanese Ministry of Defense.
Minister of Defense
防衛大臣 | |
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Ministry of Defense | |
Style | His Excellency |
Member of | Cabinet National Security Council Defense Council |
Reports to | The Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Prime Minister subject to formal attestation by the Emperor |
Precursor | Director General of the Defense Agency |
Formation | 9 January 2007 |
First holder | Fumio Kyuma |
Deputy | State Minister of Defense |
Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The minister of defense is appointed by the Prime Minister and is a member of the National Security Council.
List of ministers of defense (2007–present)
changeMinister of Defense | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
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# | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
1 | Fumio Kyuma | January 9, 2007 | July 4, 2007 | 176 days | Shinzō Abe | |||
2 | Yuriko Koike | July 4, 2007 | August 27, 2007 | 54 days | ||||
3 | Masahiko Kōmura | August 27, 2007 | September 26, 2007 | 30 days | ||||
4 | Shigeru Ishiba | September 26, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | 311 days | Yasuo Fukuda | |||
5 | Yoshimasa Hayashi | August 2, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | 53 days | ||||
6 | Yasukazu Hamada | September 24, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 357 days | Taro Aso | |||
7 | Toshimi Kitazawa | September 16, 2009 | September 2, 2011 | 1 year, 351 days | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
Naoto Kan | ||||||||
8 | Yasuo Ichikawa | September 2, 2011 | January 13, 2012 | 133 days | Yoshihiko Noda | |||
9 | Naoki Tanaka | January 13, 2012 | June 4, 2012 | 143 days | ||||
10 | Satoshi Morimoto | June 4, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 205 days | ||||
11 | Itsunori Onodera | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 1 year, 251 days | Shinzō Abe | |||
12 | Akinori Eto | September 3, 2014 | December 24, 2014 | 112 days | ||||
13 | Gen Nakatani | December 24, 2014 | August 3, 2016 | 1 year, 223 days | ||||
14 | Tomomi Inada | August 3, 2016 | July 28, 2017 | 359 days | ||||
– | Fumio Kishida (Acting) |
July 28, 2017 | August 3, 2017 | 6 days | ||||
15 (11) |
Itsunori Onodera | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 1 year, 60 days | ||||
16 | Takeshi Iwaya | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 days | ||||
17 | Tarō Kōno | September 11, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | 1 year, 5 days | ||||
18 | Nobuo Kishi | September 16, 2020 | August 10, 2022 | 1 year, 328 days | Yoshihide Suga | |||
Fumio Kishida | ||||||||
19 (6) |
Yasukazu Hamada | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 1 year, 34 days | ||||
20 | Minoru Kihara | September 13, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 1 year, 18 days | ||||
21 (13) |
Gen Nakatani | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 63 days | Shigeru Ishiba |