Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
minister in the government of Japan
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣, Kousei-Rodou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
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 Health Minister of Labor |
Formation | January 6, 2001 |
Deputy | State Minister of Health and Labour |
Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
Minister Takamaro Fukuoka took office on 1 October 2024.
List of ministers of health, labour and welfare (2001–)
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Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
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# | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
1 | Chikara Sakaguchi | January 6, 2001 | September 27, 2004 | 1360 | Yoshirō Mori | |||
Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
2 | Hidehisa Otsuji | September 27, 2004 | October 31, 2005 | 399 | ||||
3 | Jirō Kawasaki | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 | ||||
4 | Hakuo Yanagisawa | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | 335 | Shinzō Abe | |||
5 | Yōichi Masuzoe | August 27, 2007 | September 16, 2009 | 751 | ||||
Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
Tarō Asō | ||||||||
6 | Akira Nagatsuma | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | 366 | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
Naoto Kan | ||||||||
7 | Ritsuo Hosokawa | September 17, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 350 | ||||
8 | Yoko Komiyama | September 2, 2011 | October 1, 2012 | 395 | Yoshihiko Noda | |||
9 | Wakio Mitsui | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 86 | ||||
10 | Norihisa Tamura | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 616 | Shinzō Abe | |||
11 | Yasuhisa Shiozaki | September 3, 2014 | August 3, 2017 | 1065 | ||||
12 | Katsunobu Katō | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | ||||
13 | Takumi Nemoto | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | ||||
(12) | Katsunobu Katō | September 11, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | 371 | ||||
(10) | Norihisa Tamura | September 16, 2020 | October 4, 2021 | 383 | Yoshihide Suga | |||
14 | Shigeyuki Goto | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | |||
(12) | Katsunobu Katō | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 399 | ||||
15 | Keizō Takemi | September 13, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 384 | ||||
16 | Takamaro Fukuoka | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 50 | Shigeru Ishiba |