Post-war
Prime Ministers of Japan
|
Less
than a month (1)
|
Less
than a year
|
Over
a year (17)
|
Over
two years (4)
|
Over
three years (4)
|
|
Prime
Minister
|
Time
in power
|
Year(s)
|
Party
|
| Shigeru Yoshida |
1948
- 1954
|
6 years, 1 month, 26 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Ichiro Hatoyama |
1954
- 1956
|
2 Years, 13 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Tanzan Ishibashi |
1956
- 1957
|
2 months, 2 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Nobusuke Kishi |
1957
- 1960
|
3 years, 4 months, 24 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Hayato Ikeda |
1960 - 1964
|
4 years, 3 months, 21 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Eisaku Sato |
1964
- 1972
|
7 years, 7 months, 28 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Kakuei Tanaka |
1972
- 1974
|
2 years, 5 months, 3 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Takeo Miki |
1974
- 1976
|
2 years, 15 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Takeo Fukuda |
1976
- 1978
|
1 year, 11 months, 14 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Masayoshi Ohira |
1978
- 1980
|
1 year, 6 months, 5 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Masayoshi Ito |
1980
|
5 days (acting) |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Zenko Suzuki |
1980
- 1982
|
2 years, 4 months, 9 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Yasuhiro Nakasone |
1982
- 1987
|
4 years, 11 months, 10 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Noboru Takeshita |
1987
- 1989
|
1 year, 6 months, 26 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Sosuke Uno |
1989
|
2 months, 7 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Toshiki Kaifu |
1989
- 1991
|
2 years, 2 months, 27 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Kiichi Miyazawa |
1991
- 1993
|
1 year, 9 months, 3 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Morihiro Hosokawa |
1993
- 1994
|
8 months, 16 d. |
New
Japan
|
| Tsutomu Hata |
1994
|
2 months, 4 d. |
Japan
Renewal
|
| Tomiichi Murayama |
1994
- 1996
|
1 year, 6 months, 13 d. |
Social
Democrat
|
| Ryutaro Hashimoto |
1996
- 1998
|
2 years, 6 months, 19 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Keizo Obuchi |
1998
- 2000
|
1 year, 8 months, 5 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Yoshiro Mori |
2000 - 2001
|
1 year, 21 d. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Junichiro Koizumi |
2001
- 2006
|
5 years, 5 months. |
Liberal
Democrat
|
| Shinzo Abe |
2006
-
|
Liberal
Democrat
|
Election years: 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001