Lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Japan
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This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Japan. Sixty-five men have served as the prime minister of Japan since the office came into existence in 1885. They are listed in order of office.
Graphical representation
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The following chart shows prime ministers by their age (living prime ministers in green), with the years of their premiership in blue.
List of prime ministers
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Living
Currently in office
Prime Ministers who served two or more non-consecutive tenures
a indicates the prime minister died in office.
| No. |
Name |
Born |
Date of appointment (first) | Age | End of service (final) | Age | Time in office | Post–premiership/
Time period between two non-consecutive tenures (in italics) |
Death | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itō Hirobumi
(Tenure 1) |
16 October 1841 | 22 December 1885 | 44 years, 67 days | 30 April 1888 | 46 years, 197 days | 860 days | 4 years, 100 days | 26 October 1909 | 68 years, 10 days (24,846 days) |
| 2 | Kuroda Kiyotaka | 9 November 1840 | 30 April 1888 | 47 years, 173 days | 25 October 1889 | 48 years, 350 days | 543 days | 10 years, 302 days | 23 August 1900 | 59 years, 287 days (21,836 days) |
| 3 | Yamagata Aritomo
(Tenure 1) |
14 June 1838 | 24 December 1889 | 51 years, 193 days | 6 May 1891 | 52 years, 326 days | 498 days | 7 years, 186 days | 1 February 1922 | 83 years, 232 days (30,547 days) |
| 4 | Matsukata Masayoshi
(Tenure 1) |
23 March 1835 | 6 May 1891 | 56 years, 44 days | 8 August 1892 | 57 years, 138 days | 460 days | 4 years, 41 days | 2 July 1924 | 89 years, 101 days (32,608 days) |
| (1.) | Itō Hirobumi
(Tenure 2) |
16 October 1841 | 8 August 1892 | 50 years, 297 days | 31 August 1896 | 54 years, 320 days | 1,484 days | 1 year, 134 days | 26 October 1909 | 68 years, 10 days (24,846 days) |
| (4.) | Matsukata Masayoshi
(Tenure 2) |
23 March 1835 | 18 September 1896 | 61 years, 179 days | 12 January 1898 | 62 years, 295 days | 481 days | 26 years, 172 days | 2 July 1924 | 89 years, 101 days (32,608 days) |
| (1.) | Itō Hirobumi
(Tenure 3) |
16 October 1841 | 12 January 1898 | 56 years, 88 days | 30 June 1898 | 56 years, 257 days | 169 days | 2 years, 111 days | 26 October 1909 | 68 years, 10 days (24,846 days) |
| 5 | Ōkuma Shigenobu
(Tenure 1) |
11 March 1838 | 30 June 1898 | 60 years, 111 days | 8 November 1898 | 60 years, 242 days | 131 days | 15 years, 159 days | 10 January 1922 | 83 years, 305 days (30,620 days) |
| (3.) | Yamagata Aritomo
(Tenure 2) |
14 June 1838 | 8 November 1898 | 60 years, 147 days | 19 October 1900 | 62 years, 127 days | 710 days | 21 years, 105 days | 1 February 1922 | 83 years, 232 days (30,547 days) |
| (1.) | Itō Hirobumi
(Tenure 4) |
16 October 1841 | 19 October 1900 | 59 years, 3 days | 10 May 1901 | 59 years, 206 days | 203 days | 8 years, 169 days | 26 October 1909 | 68 years, 10 days (24,846 days) |
| 6 | Katsura Tarō
(Tenure 1) |
4 January 1848 | 2 June 1901 | 53 years, 149 days | 7 January 1906 | 58 years, 3 days | 1,680 days | 2 years, 189 days | 10 October 1913 | 65 years, 279 days (24,020 days) |
| 7 | Saionji Kinmochi
(Tenure 1) |
7 December 1849 | 7 January 1906 | 56 years, 31 days | 14 July 1908 | 58 years, 220 days | 919 days | 3 years, 47 days | 24 November 1940 | 90 years, 353 days (33,224 days) |
| (6.) | Katsura Tarō
(Tenure 2) |
4 January 1848 | 14 July 1908 | 60 years, 192 days | 30 August 1911 | 63 years, 238 days | 1,142 days | 1 year, 113 days | 10 October 1913 | 65 years, 279 days (24,020 days) |
| (7.) | Saionji Kinmochi
(Tenure 2) |
7 December 1849 | 30 August 1911 | 61 years, 266 days | 21 December 1912 | 63 years, 14 days | 479 days | 27 years, 339 days | 24 November 1940 | 90 years, 353 days (33,224 days) |
| (6.) | Katsura Tarō
(Tenure 3) |
4 January 1848 | 21 December 1912 | 64 years, 352 days | 20 February 1913 | 65 years, 47 days | 61 days | 232 days | 10 October 1913 | 65 years, 279 days (24,020 days) |
| 8 | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
(Tenure 1) |
26 November 1852 | 20 February 1913 | 60 years, 86 days | 16 April 1914 | 61 years, 141 days | 420 days | 9 years, 139 days | 8 December 1933 | 81 years, 12 days (29,596 days) |
| (5.) | Ōkuma Shigenobu
(Tenure 2) |
11 March 1838 | 16 April 1914 | 76 years, 36 days | 9 October 1916 | 78 years, 212 days | 907 days | 5 years, 93 days | 10 January 1922 | 83 years, 305 days (30,620 days) |
| 9 | Terauchi Masatake | 24 February 1852 | 9 October 1916 | 64 years, 228 days | 29 September 1918 | 66 years, 217 days | 720 days | 1 year, 35 days | 3 November 1919 | 67 years, 252 days (24,723 days) |
| 10 | Hara Takashi | 15 March 1856 | 29 September 1918 | 62 years, 198 days | 4 November 1921 | 65 years, 234 days | 1,132 days | 0 days | 4 November 1921a | 65 years, 234 days (23,974 days) |
| 11 | Takahashi Korekiyo | 19 September 1853 | 13 November 1920 | 67 years, 55 days | 12 June 1923 | 69 years, 266 days | 941 days | 12 years, 259 days | 26 February 1936 | 82 years, 160 days (30,109 days) |
| 12 | Katō Tomosaburō | 1 April 1861 | 12 June 1922 | 61 years, 72 days | 24 August 1923 | 62 years, 145 days | 438 days | 0 days | 24 August 1923a | 62 years, 145 days (22,789 days) |
| (8.) | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
(Tenure 2) |
26 November 1852 | 2 September 1923 | 70 years, 280 days | 7 January 1924 | 71 years, 42 days | 127 days | 9 years, 335 days | 8 December 1933 | 81 years, 12 days (29,596 days) |
| 13 | Kiyoura Keigo | 27 March 1850 | 7 January 1924 | 73 years, 286 days | 11 June 1924 | 74 years, 76 days | 156 days | 18 years, 147 days | 5 November 1942 | 92 years, 223 days (33,825 days) |
| 14 | Katō Takaaki | 25 January 1860 | 11 June 1924 | 64 years, 138 days | 28 January 1926 | 66 years, 3 days | 596 days | 0 days | 28 January 1926a | 66 years, 3 days (24,109 days) |
| 15 | Wakatsuki Reijirō
(Tenure 1) |
21 March 1866 | 30 January 1926 | 59 years, 315 days | 20 April 1927 | 61 years, 30 days | 445 days | 3 years, 359 days | 20 November 1949 | 83 years, 244 days (30,559 days) |
| 16 | Tanaka Giichi | 25 July 1864 | 20 April 1927 | 62 years, 269 days | 2 July 1929 | 64 years, 342 days | 804 days | 89 days | 29 September 1929 | 65 years, 66 days (23,806 days) |
| 17 | Hamaguchi Osachi | 1 May 1870 | 2 July 1929 | 59 years, 62 days | 14 April 1931 | 60 years, 348 days | 651 days | 134 days | 26 August 1931 | 61 years, 117 days (22,396 days) |
| (15.) | Wakatsuki Reijirō
(Tenure 2) |
21 March 1866 | 14 April 1931 | 65 years, 24 days | 13 December 1931 | 65 years, 267 days | 243 days | 17 years, 342 days | 20 November 1949 | 83 years, 244 days (30,559 days) |
| 18 | Inukai Tsuyoshi | 4 June 1855 | 13 December 1931 | 76 years, 192 days | 15 May 1932 | 76 years, 346 days | 154 days | 0 days | 15 May 1932a | 76 years, 346 days (28,104 days) |
| 19 | Saitō Makoto | 2 December 1858 | 26 May 1932 | 73 years, 176 days | 8 July 1934 | 75 years, 218 days | 773 days | 1 year, 233 days | 26 February 1936 | 77 years, 86 days (28,209 days) |
| 20 | Keisuke Okada | 14 February 1868 | 8 July 1934 | 66 years, 144 days | 9 March 1936 | 68 years, 24 days | 610 days | 16 years, 222 days | 17 October 1952 | 84 years, 246 days (30,926 days) |
| 21 | Kōki Hirota | 14 February 1878 | 9 March 1936 | 58 years, 24 days | 2 February 1937 | 58 years, 354 days | 330 days | 11 years, 325 days | 23 December 1948 | 70 years, 313 days (25,879 days) |
| 22 | Senjūrō Hayashi | 23 February 1876 | 2 February 1937 | 60 years, 345 days | 4 June 1937 | 61 years, 101 days | 122 days | 5 years, 245 days | 4 February 1943 | 66 years, 346 days (24,452 days) |
| 23 | Fumimaro Konoe
(Tenure 1) |
12 October 1891 | 4 June 1937 | 45 years, 235 days | 5 January 1939 | 47 years, 85 days | 580 days | 1 year, 199 days | 16 December 1945 | 54 years, 65 days (19,788 days) |
| 24 | Hiranuma Kiichirō | 25 October 1867 | 5 January 1939 | 71 years, 72 days | 30 August 1939 | 71 years, 309 days | 237 days | 12 years, 358 days | 22 August 1952 | 84 years, 302 days (30,982 days) |
| 25 | Nobuyuki Abe | 24 November 1875 | 30 August 1939 | 63 years, 279 days | 16 January 1940 | 64 years, 53 days | 139 days | 13 years, 234 days | 7 September 1953 | 77 years, 287 days (28,411 days) |
| 26 | Mitsumasa Yonai | 2 March 1880 | 16 January 1940 | 59 years, 320 days | 22 July 1940 | 60 years, 142 days | 188 days | 7 years, 273 days | 20 April 1948 | 68 years, 49 days (24,885 days) |
| (23.) | Fumimaro Konoe
(Tenure 2) |
12 October 1891 | 22 July 1940 | 48 years, 284 days | 18 October 1941 | 50 years, 6 days | 453 days | 4 years, 59 days | 16 December 1945 | 54 years, 65 days (19,788 days) |
| 27 | Hideki Tojo | 30 December 1884 | 18 October 1941 | 56 years, 292 days | 22 July 1944 | 59 years, 205 days | 1,008 days | 4 years, 154 days | 23 December 1948 | 63 years, 359 days (23,368 days) |
| 28 | Kuniaki Koiso | 22 March 1880 | 22 July 1944 | 64 years, 122 days | 7 April 1945 | 65 years, 16 days | 259 days | 5 years, 210 days | 3 November 1950 | 70 years, 226 days (25,792 days) |
| 29 | Kantarō Suzuki | 18 January 1868 | 7 April 1945 | 77 years, 79 days | 17 August 1945 | 77 years, 211 days | 132 days | 2 years, 244 days | 17 April 1948 | 80 years, 90 days (29,309 days) |
| 30 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | 3 December 1887 | 17 August 1945 | 57 years, 257 days | 9 October 1945 | 57 years, 310 days | 53 days | 44 years, 103 days | 20 January 1990 | 102 years, 48 days (37,303 days) |
| 31 | Kijūrō Shidehara | 13 September 1872 | 9 October 1945 | 73 years, 26 days | 22 May 1946 | 73 years, 251 days | 225 days | 4 years, 292 days | 10 March 1951 | 78 years, 178 days (28,666 days) |
| 32 | Shigeru Yoshida
(Tenure 1) |
22 September 1878 | 22 May 1946 | 67 years, 242 days | 24 May 1947 | 68 years, 244 days | 367 days | 1 year, 144 days | 20 October 1967 | 89 years, 28 days (32,534 days) |
| 33 | Tetsu Katayama | 28 July 1887 | 24 May 1947 | 59 years, 300 days | 10 March 1948 | 60 years, 226 days | 291 days | 30 years, 81 days | 30 May 1978 | 90 years, 306 days (33,178 days) |
| 34 | Hitoshi Ashida | 15 November 1887 | 10 March 1948 | 60 years, 116 days | 15 October 1948 | 60 years, 335 days | 219 days | 10 years, 248 days | 20 June 1959 | 71 years, 217 days (26,149 days) |
| (32.) | Shigeru Yoshida
(Tenure 2) |
22 September 1878 | 15 October 1948 | 70 years, 23 days | 10 December 1954 | 76 years, 79 days | 2,247 days | 12 years, 314 days | 20 October 1967 | 89 years, 28 days (32,534 days) |
| 35 | Ichirō Hatoyama | 1 January 1883 | 10 December 1954 | 71 years, 343 days | 23 December 1956 | 73 years, 357 days | 744 days | 2 years, 74 days | 7 March 1959 | 76 years, 65 days (27,823 days) |
| 36 | Tanzan Ishibashi | 25 September 1884 | 23 December 1956 | 72 years, 89 days | 25 February 1957 | 72 years, 153 days | 64 days | 16 years, 59 days | 25 April 1973 | 88 years, 212 days (32,353 days) |
| 37 | Nobusuke Kishi | 13 November 1896 | 25 February 1957 | 60 years, 104 days | 19 July 1960 | 63 years, 249 days | 1,240 days | 27 years, 19 days | 7 August 1987 | 90 years, 267 days (33,138 days) |
| 38 | Hayato Ikeda | 3 December 1899 | 19 July 1960 | 60 years, 229 days | 9 November 1964 | 64 years, 342 days | 1,574 days | 277 days | 13 August 1965 | 65 years, 253 days (23,994 days) |
| 39 | Eisaku Satō | 27 March 1901 | 9 November 1964 | 63 years, 227 days | 7 July 1972 | 71 years, 102 days | 2,797 days | 2 years, 331 days | 3 June 1975 | 74 years, 68 days (0 days) |
| 40 | Kakuei Tanaka | 4 May 1918 | 7 July 1972 | 54 years, 64 days | 9 December 1974 | 56 years, 219 days | 885 days | 19 years, 7 days | 16 December 1993 | 75 years, 226 days (27,620 days) |
| 41 | Takeo Miki | 17 March 1907 | 9 December 1974 | 67 years, 267 days | 24 December 1976 | 69 years, 282 days | 746 days | 11 years, 326 days | 14 November 1988 | 81 years, 242 days (29,828 days) |
| 42 | Takeo Fukuda | 14 January 1905 | 24 December 1976 | 71 years, 345 days | 7 December 1978 | 73 years, 327 days | 713 days | 16 years, 210 days | 5 July 1995 | 90 years, 172 days (33,044 days) |
| 43 | Masayoshi Ōhira | 12 March 1910 | 7 December 1978 | 68 years, 270 days | 12 June 1980 | 70 years, 92 days | 553 days | 0 days | 12 June 1980a | 70 years, 92 days (25,660 days) |
| 44 | Zenkō Suzuki | 11 January 1911 | 17 July 1980 | 69 years, 188 days | 27 November 1982 | 71 years, 320 days | 863 days | 21 years, 235 days | 19 July 2004 | 93 years, 190 days (34,158 days) |
| 45 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | 27 May 1918 | 27 November 1982 | 64 years, 184 days | 6 November 1987 | 69 years, 163 days | 1,805 days | 32 years, 23 days | 29 November 2019 | 101 years, 186 days (37,076 days) |
| 46 | Noboru Takeshita | 26 February 1924 | 6 November 1987 | 63 years, 253 days | 3 June 1989 | 65 years, 97 days | 575 days | 11 years, 16 days | 19 June 2000 | 76 years, 114 days (27,873 days) |
| 47 | Sōsuke Uno | 27 August 1922 | 3 June 1989 | 66 years, 280 days | 10 August 1989 | 66 years, 348 days | 68 days | 8 years, 282 days | 19 May 1998 | 75 years, 265 days (27,659 days) |
| 48 | Toshiki Kaifu | 2 January 1931 | 10 August 1989 | 58 years, 220 days | 5 November 1991 | 60 years, 307 days | 817 days | 30 years, 65 days | 9 January 2022 | 91 years, 7 days (33,245 days) |
| 49 | Kiichi Miyazawa | 8 October 1919 | 5 November 1991 | 72 years, 28 days | 9 August 1993 | 73 years, 305 days | 643 days | 13 years, 323 days | 28 June 2007 | 87 years, 263 days (32,040 days) |
| 50 | Morihiro Hosokawa | 14 January 1938 | 9 August 1993 | 55 years, 207 days | 28 April 1994 | 56 years, 104 days | 262 days | 30 years, 219 days | 86 years, 324 days (31,735 days) | |
| 51 | Tsutomu Hata | 24 August 1935 | 28 April 1994 | 58 years, 247 days | 30 June 1994 | 58 years, 310 days | 63 days | 23 years, 59 days | 28 August 2017 | 82 years, 4 days (29,955 days) |
| 52 | Tomiichi Murayama | 3 March 1924 | 30 June 1994 | 70 years, 119 days | 11 January 1996 | 71 years, 314 days | 560 days | 28 years, 327 days | 100 years, 275 days (36,800 days) | |
| 53 | Ryutaro Hashimoto | 29 July 1937 | 11 January 1996 | 58 years, 166 days | 30 July 1998 | 61 years, 1 day | 931 days | 7 years, 336 days | 1 July 2006 | 68 years, 337 days (25,174 days) |
| 54 | Keizō Obuchi | 25 June 1937 | 30 July 1998 | 61 years, 35 days | 5 April 2000 | 62 years, 285 days | 615 days | 39 days | 14 May 2000 | 62 years, 324 days (22,969 days) |
| 55 | Yoshirō Mori | 14 July 1937 | 5 April 2000 | 62 years, 266 days | 26 April 2001 | 63 years, 286 days | 386 days | 23 years, 221 days | 87 years, 142 days (31,919 days) | |
| 56 | Junichiro Koizumi | 8 January 1942 | 26 April 2001 | 59 years, 108 days | 26 September 2006 | 64 years, 261 days | 1,979 days | 18 years, 68 days | 82 years, 330 days (30,280 days) | |
| 57 | Shinzo Abe
(Tenure 1) |
21 September 1954 | 26 September 2006 | 52 years, 5 days | 26 September 2007 | 53 years, 5 days | 365 days | 5 years, 91 days | 8 July 2022 | 67 years, 290 days (24,762 days) |
| 58 | Yasuo Fukuda | 16 July 1936 | 26 September 2007 | 71 years, 72 days | 24 September 2008 | 72 years, 70 days | 364 days | 16 years, 70 days | 88 years, 140 days (32,282 days) | |
| 59 | Tarō Asō | 20 September 1940 | 24 September 2008 | 68 years, 4 days | 16 September 2009 | 68 years, 361 days | 357 days | 15 years, 78 days | 84 years, 74 days (30,755 days) | |
| 60 | Yukio Hatoyama | 11 February 1947 | 16 September 2009 | 62 years, 217 days | 8 June 2010 | 63 years, 117 days | 265 days | 14 years, 178 days | 77 years, 296 days (28,420 days) | |
| 61 | Naoto Kan | 10 October 1946 | 8 June 2010 | 63 years, 241 days | 2 September 2011 | 64 years, 327 days | 451 days | 13 years, 92 days | 78 years, 54 days (28,544 days) | |
| 62 | Yoshihiko Noda | 20 May 1957 | 2 September 2011 | 54 years, 105 days | 26 December 2012 | 55 years, 220 days | 481 days | 11 years, 343 days | 67 years, 197 days (24,669 days) | |
| (57.) | Shinzo Abe
(Tenure 2) |
21 September 1954 | 26 December 2012 | 58 years, 96 days | 16 September 2020 | 65 years, 361 days | 2,821 days | 1 year, 295 days | 8 July 2022 | 67 years, 290 days (24,762 days) |
| 63 | Yoshihide Suga | 6 December 1948 | 16 September 2020 | 71 years, 285 days | 4 October 2021 | 72 years, 302 days | 383 days | 3 years, 60 days | 75 years, 363 days (27,756 days) | |
| 64 | Fumio Kishida | 29 July 1957 | 4 October 2021 | 64 years, 67 days | 1 October 2024 | 67 years, 64 days | 1,093 days | 63 days | 67 years, 127 days (24,599 days) | |
| 65 | Shigeru Ishiba | 4 February 1957 | 1 October 2024 | 67 years, 240 days | Incumbent | 63 days | 67 years, 303 days (24,774 days) | |||
| No. | Name | Born | Date (first appointment) | Age | End of service | Age | Time in office | Post–premiership/Time period between two non-consecutive tenures (in italics) | Date of death | Lifespan |
Living prime ministers
[edit]| Prime Minister | Date of birth | Premiership |
|---|---|---|
| Tomiichi Murayama | 3 March 1924 | 1994–1996 |
| Yasuo Fukuda | 16 July 1936 | 2007–2008 |
| Yoshirō Mori | 14 July 1937 | 2000–2001 |
| Morihiro Hosokawa | 14 January 1938 | 1993–1994 |
| Tarō Asō | 20 September 1940 | 2008–2009 |
| Junichiro Koizumi | 8 January 1942 | 2001–2006 |
| Naoto Kan | 10 October 1946 | 2010–2011 |
| Yukio Hatoyama | 11 February 1947 | 2009–2010 |
| Yoshihide Suga | 6 December 1948 | 2020–2021 |
| Shigeru Ishiba | 4 February 1957 | 2024–present |
| Yoshihiko Noda | 20 May 1957 | 2011–2012 |
| Fumio Kishida | 29 July 1957 | 2021–2024 |
Sources
[edit]- Prime Minister's Office of Japan. "Previous Prime Ministers". Retrieved April 6, 2024.