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The current prime minister is Shigeru Ishiba, who assumed office on 1 October 2024. [1] There are currently eleven living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated on 8 July 2022. [2]
Days in office this term: 1,051 days. November 1, 2017 - September 16, 2020. Total days in office: 3,188 days. The fourth ABE Shinzo Cabinet. Reshuffled Cabinet. The second reshuffled Cabinet.
Itō Hirobumi became the first Japanese prime minister in 1885 and is the only person to have served on four separate occasions. Shinzo Abe is the longest-serving prime minister with over eight years on two separate occasions, while Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni is the shortest-serving at eight weeks. Katsura Tarō was the longest-serving prime ...
This is a chronologically ordered list of the prime ministers, from the earliest to the most recent. Itō Hirobumi (1885–88; 1st time) Kuroda Kiyotaka (1888–89)
Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 24 May 2012. ↑ 第31代 岡田 啓介 [31st Keisuke Okada] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 24 May 2012. ↑ 第32代 廣田 弘毅 [32nd Koki Hirota] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
The last prime minister who was a peer was Baron Kijūrō Shidehara, who served as Prime Minister from October 1945 to May 1946. The peerage was abolished when the Constitution of Japan came into effect in May 1947.
The current prime minister is Shigeru Ishiba, who assumed office on 1 October 2024. [1] There are currently eleven living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated on 8 July 2022. [2]
