Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣, Soumu Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
| Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the Government of Japan | |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Cabinet of Japan National Security Council |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Appointer | Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor |
| Precursor | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Minister of Home Affairs Director-General of the Internal Affairs and Communications Bureau |
| Formation | January 6, 2001 |
| Deputy | State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The current minister is Junji Suzuki, who took office on September 13, 2023.
List of ministers for internal affairs and communications (2001–)
| Internal Affairs Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
| 1 |  |
Toranosuke Katayama | January 6, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | 989 | Yoshirō Mori | ||
| Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
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Taro Aso | September 22, 2003 | October 31, 2005 | 770 | |||
| 3 |  |
Heizō Takenaka | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 | |||
| 4 | .jpg.webp) |
Yoshihide Suga | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | 335 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| 5 |  |
Hiroya Masuda | August 27, 2007 | September 24, 2008 | 394 | |||
| Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
| 6 |  |
Kunio Hatoyama | September 24, 2008 | June 12, 2009 | 261 | Taro Aso | ||
| 7 |  |
Tsutomu Sato | June 12, 2009 | September 16, 2009 | 96 | |||
| 8 |  |
Kazuhiro Haraguchi | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | 366 | Yukio Hatoyama | ||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 9 |  |
Yoshihiro Katayama | September 17, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 350 | |||
| 10 |  |
Tatsuo Kawabata | September 2, 2011 | October 1, 2012 | 395 | Yoshihiko Noda | ||
| 11 |  |
Shinji Tarutoko | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 86 | |||
| 12 |  |
Yoshitaka Shindō | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 616 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| 14 |  |
Sanae Takaichi | September 3, 2014 | August 3, 2017 | 1065 | |||
| 15 |  |
Seiko Noda | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | |||
| 16 |  |
Masatoshi Ishida | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | |||
| (14) | |
Sanae Takaichi | September 11, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | 371 | |||
| 17 |  |
Ryota Takeda | September 16, 2020 | October 4, 2021 | 383 | Yoshihide Suga | ||
| 18 |  |
Yasushi Kaneko | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | ||
| 19 |  |
Minoru Terada | August 10, 2022 | November 20, 2022 | 102 | |||
| 20 |  |
Takeaki Matsumoto | November 21, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 296 | |||
| 21 |  |
Junji Suzuki | September 13, 2023 | Incumbent | 35 | |||
| Reference: soumu.go.jp | ||||||||
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