Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

Template:Infobox official post The Template:Nihongo 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 Seiichiro Murakami, who took office on October 1, 2024.

List of ministers for internal affairs and communications (2001–)

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Internal Affairs Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	File:Toranosuke Katayama 200101.jpg	Toranosuke Katayama	January 6, 2001	September 22, 2003	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yoshirō Mori
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=3|						Junichiro Koizumi
2	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Tarō Asō 20031119.jpg	Taro Aso	September 22, 2003	October 31, 2005	Template:Age in days
3	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Heizō Takenaka 20020930.jpg	Heizō Takenaka	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	Template:Age in days
4	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yoshihide Suga 2006.jpg	Yoshihide Suga	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	Shinzō Abe
5	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	File:Hiroya Masuda 200708.jpg	Hiroya Masuda	August 27, 2007	September 24, 2008	Template:Age in days
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Yasuo Fukuda
6	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Kunio Hatoyama 2008.jpg	Kunio Hatoyama	September 24, 2008	June 12, 2009	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	Taro Aso
7	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Tsutomu Satō.jpg	Tsutomu Sato	June 12, 2009	September 16, 2009	Template:Age in days
8	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	File:Official portrait of Kazuhiro Haraguchi 2009.jpg	Kazuhiro Haraguchi	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yukio Hatoyama
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|						Naoto Kan
9	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yoshihiro Katayama.jpg	Yoshihiro Katayama	September 17, 2010	September 2, 2011	Template:Age in days
10	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Tatsuo Kawabata Monbukagakudaijin.jpg	Tatsuo Kawabata	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	Yoshihiko Noda
11	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Shinji Tarutoko.jpg	Shinji Tarutoko	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012	Template:Age in days
12	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yoshitaka Shindō 20090707.jpg	Yoshitaka Shindō	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=5|	Shinzō Abe
14	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Sanae Takaichi 20140903.jpg	Sanae Takaichi	September 3, 2014	August 3, 2017	Template:Age in days
15	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Seiko Noda 200809.jpg	Seiko Noda	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	Template:Age in days
16	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Masatoshi Ishida.jpg	Masatoshi Ishida	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	Template:Age in days
Template:Small	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Sanae Takaichi 20190617 (cropped).jpg	Sanae Takaichi	September 11, 2019	September 16, 2020	Template:Age in days
Template:Small	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Ryota Takeda.jpg	Ryota Takeda	September 16, 2020	October 4, 2021	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=1|	Yoshihide Suga
Template:Small	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yasushi Kaneko 20211004.jpg	Yasushi Kaneko	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	Template:Age in days	rowspan=5 style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	Fumio Kishida
Template:Small	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:20211203terada minoru.jpg	Minoru Terada	August 10, 2022	November 20, 2022	Template:Age in days
Template:Small	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Takeaki Matsumoto 20120603.jpg	Takeaki Matsumoto	November 21, 2022	September 13, 2023	Template:Age in days
Template:Small	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Junji Suzuki 20180925.jpg	Junji Suzuki	September 13, 2023	December 14, 2023	Template:Age in days
Template:Small	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Takeaki Matsumoto 20120603.jpg	Takeaki Matsumoto	December 14, 2023	October 1, 2024	Template:Age in days
Template:Small	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Seiichirō Murakami, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.jpg	Seiichiro Murakami	October 1, 2024	Incumbent	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	Shigeru Ishiba
Reference: soumu.go.jp

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