The 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.
The current minister is Hisayuki Fujii, who took office on September 17, 2026.
List of ministers for internal affairs and communications (2001–)
Internal Affairs MinisterTerm of officePrime Minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays1Toranosuke KatayamaJanuary 6, 2001September 22, 2003Yoshirō MoriJunichiro Koizumi2Taro AsoSeptember 22, 2003October 31, 20053Heizō TakenakaOctober 31, 2005September 26, 20064Yoshihide SugaSeptember 26, 2006August 27, 2007Shinzō Abe5Hiroya MasudaAugust 27, 2007September 24, 2008Yasuo Fukuda6Kunio HatoyamaSeptember 24, 2008June 12, 2009Taro Aso7Tsutomu SatoJune 12, 2009September 16, 20098Kazuhiro HaraguchiSeptember 16, 2009September 17, 2010Yukio HatoyamaNaoto Kan9Yoshihiro KatayamaSeptember 17, 2010September 2, 201110Tatsuo KawabataSeptember 2, 2011October 1, 2012Yoshihiko Noda11Shinji TarutokoOctober 1, 2012December 26, 201212Yoshitaka ShindōDecember 26, 2012September 3, 2014Shinzō Abe13Sanae TakaichiSeptember 3, 2014August 3, 201714Seiko NodaAugust 3, 2017October 2, 201815Masatoshi IshidaOctober 2, 2018September 11, 2019Sanae TakaichiSeptember 11, 2019September 16, 2020Ryota TakedaSeptember 16, 2020October 4, 2021Yoshihide SugaYasushi KanekoOctober 4, 2021August 10, 2022Fumio KishidaMinoru TeradaAugust 10, 2022November 20, 2022Takeaki MatsumotoNovember 21, 2022September 13, 2023Junji Suzuki September 13, 2023 December 14, 2023Takeaki MatsumotoDecember 14, 2023October 1, 2024Seiichiro MurakamiOctober 1, 2024October 21, 2025Shigeru IshibaYoshimasa HayashiOctober 21, 2025September 17, 2026Sanae TakaichiHisayuki FujiiSeptember 17, 2026Incumbent Reference: soumu.go.jp
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