Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
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The current minister is Yoshimasa Hayashi, who took office on October 21, 2025.
List of ministers for internal affairs and communications (2001–)
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| Internal Affairs Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
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| # | 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 | Script error: No such module "age". | 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 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 3 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Heizō Takenaka 20020930.jpg | Heizō Takenaka | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 4 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Yoshihide Suga 2006.jpg | Yoshihide Suga | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | Script error: No such module "age". | 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 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 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 | Script error: No such module "age". | 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 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 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 | Script error: No such module "age". | 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 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 10 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Tatsuo Kawabata Monbukagakudaijin.jpg | Tatsuo Kawabata | September 2, 2011 | October 1, 2012 | Script error: No such module "age". | 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 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 12 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Yoshitaka Shindō 20090707.jpg | Yoshitaka Shindō | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=5| | Shinzō Abe |
| 13 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Sanae Takaichi 20140903.jpg | Sanae Takaichi | September 3, 2014 | August 3, 2017 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 14 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Seiko Noda 200809.jpg | Seiko Noda | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 15 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Masatoshi Ishida.jpg | Masatoshi Ishida | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
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style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Sanae Takaichi 20190617 (cropped).jpg | Sanae Takaichi | September 11, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Ryota Takeda.jpg | Ryota Takeda | September 16, 2020 | October 4, 2021 | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | Yoshihide Suga |
| 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Yasushi Kaneko 20211004.jpg | Yasushi Kaneko | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | Script error: No such module "age". | rowspan=5 style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | Fumio Kishida |
| 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:20211203terada minoru.jpg | Minoru Terada | August 10, 2022 | November 20, 2022 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Takeaki Matsumoto 20120603.jpg | Takeaki Matsumoto | November 21, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Junji Suzuki 20180925.jpg | Junji Suzuki | September 13, 2023 | December 14, 2023 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
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style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Takeaki Matsumoto 20120603.jpg | Takeaki Matsumoto | December 14, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | Script error: No such module "age". | ||
| 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Seiichirō Murakami, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.jpg | Seiichiro Murakami | October 1, 2024 | October 21, 2025 | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | Shigeru Ishiba |
| 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Yoshimasa Hayashi, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications 2025.jpg | Yoshimasa Hayashi | October 21, 2025 | Incumbent | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | Sanae Takaichi |
| Reference: soumu.go.jp | ||||||||
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