Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学大臣, Monbu-Kagaku Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
Style | His Excellency |
Member of | Cabinet of Japan |
Reports to | Prime Minister of Japan |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Japan |
Appointer | Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor |
Precursor | Minister of Education Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency |
Formation | January 6, 2001 |
Deputy | State Minister of Education |
Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The current minister is Toshiko Abe, who took office on 1 October 2024.
List of ministers of education, culture, sports, science and technology (2001–)
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Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
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# | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
1 | Nobutaka Machimura | January 6, 2001 | April 26, 2001 | 110 | Yoshiro Mori | |||
2 | Atsuko Tōyama | April 26, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | 879 | Junichiro Koizumi | |||
3 | Takeo Kawamura | September 22, 2003 | September 27, 2004 | 371 | ||||
4 | Nariaki Nakayama | September 27, 2004 | October 31, 2005 | 399 | ||||
5 | Kenji Kosaka | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 | ||||
6 | Bunmei Ibuki | September 26, 2006 | September 26, 2007 | 365 | Shinzo Abe | |||
7 | Kisaburo Tokai | September 26, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | 311 | Yasuo Fukuda | |||
8 | Tsuneo Suzuki | August 2, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | 53 | ||||
9 | Ryū Shionoya | September 24, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 357 | Taro Aso | |||
10 | Tatsuo Kawabata | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | 366 | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
Naoto Kan | ||||||||
11 | Yoshiaki Takaki | September 17, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 350 | ||||
12 | Masaharu Nakagawa | September 2, 2011 | January 13, 2012 | 133 | Yoshihiko Noda | |||
13 | Hirofumi Hirano | January 13, 2012 | October 1, 2012 | 262 | ||||
14 | Makiko Tanaka | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 86 | ||||
15 | Hakubun Shimomura | December 26, 2012 | October 7, 2015 | 1015 | Shinzo Abe | |||
16 | Hiroshi Hase | October 7, 2015 | August 3, 2016 | 301 | ||||
17 | Hirokazu Matsuno | August 3, 2016 | August 3, 2017 | 365 | ||||
18 | Yoshimasa Hayashi | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | ||||
19 | Masahiko Shibayama | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | ||||
20 | Kōichi Hagiuda | September 11, 2019 | October 4, 2021 | 754 | Yoshihide Suga | |||
21 | Shinsuke Suematsu | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | |||
22 | Keiko Nagaoka | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 843 | ||||
23 | Masahito Moriyama | September 13, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 384 | ||||
24 | Toshiko Abe | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 60 | Shigeru Ishiba |