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Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
File:Goshichi no kiri.svg
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofCabinet of Japan
National Security Council
Reports toPrime Minister of Japan
NominatorPrime Minister of Japan
AppointerEmperor of Japan
attested to by the Emperor
PrecursorMinister of Posts and Telecommunications
Minister of Home Affairs
Director-General of the Internal Affairs and Communications Bureau
FormationJanuary 6, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-01-06)
DeputyState Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Salary¥20,916,000

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The current minister is Seiichiro Murakami, who took office on October 1, 2024.

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

  Liberal Democratic
  Democratic
  Independent

Internal Affairs Minister Term of office Prime Minister
# Portrait Name Took office Left office Days
1 File:Toranosuke Katayama 200101.jpg Toranosuke Katayama January 6, 2001 September 22, 2003 989 Yoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
2 File:Tarō Asō 20100714 (cropped).jpg Taro Aso September 22, 2003 October 31, 2005 770
3 File:Heizō Takenaka 20020930.jpg Heizō Takenaka October 31, 2005 September 26, 2006 330
4 File:Yoshihide Suga 20200924 (cropped).jpg Yoshihide Suga September 26, 2006 August 27, 2007 335 Shinzō Abe
5 File:Hiroya Masuda 200708.jpg Hiroya Masuda August 27, 2007 September 24, 2008 394
Yasuo Fukuda
6 File:Kunio Hatoyama 20070827.jpg Kunio Hatoyama September 24, 2008 June 12, 2009 261 Taro Aso
7 File:Tsutomu Satō.jpg Tsutomu Sato June 12, 2009 September 16, 2009 96
8 File:Kazuhiro Haraguchi.jpg Kazuhiro Haraguchi September 16, 2009 September 17, 2010 366 Yukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
9 File:Katayama Yoshihiro 1-4.jpg Yoshihiro Katayama September 17, 2010 September 2, 2011 350
10 File:Tatsuo Kawabata cropped 2 Tatsuo Kawabata and David Warren 20120606.jpg Tatsuo Kawabata September 2, 2011 October 1, 2012 395 Yoshihiko Noda
11 File:Shinji Tarutoko cropped 2 Shinji Tarutoko Minshu IMG 5451 20130707.jpg Shinji Tarutoko October 1, 2012 December 26, 2012 86
12 File:Yoshitaka Shindō.jpg Yoshitaka Shindō December 26, 2012 September 3, 2014 616 Shinzō Abe
14 File:Sanae Takaichi 200609.jpg Sanae Takaichi September 3, 2014 August 3, 2017 1065
15 File:Seiko Noda 200809.jpg Seiko Noda August 3, 2017 October 2, 2018 425
16 File:Masatoshi Ishida.jpg Masatoshi Ishida October 2, 2018 September 11, 2019 344
(14) File:Sanae Takaichi 200609.jpg Sanae Takaichi September 11, 2019 September 16, 2020 371
17 File:Ryota Takeda.jpg Ryota Takeda September 16, 2020 October 4, 2021 383 Yoshihide Suga
18 File:Yasushi Kaneko 20211004.jpg Yasushi Kaneko October 4, 2021 August 10, 2022 310 Fumio Kishida
19 File:20211203terada minoru.jpg Minoru Terada August 10, 2022 November 20, 2022 102
20 File:Takeaki Matsumoto 20120603.jpg Takeaki Matsumoto November 21, 2022 September 13, 2023 296
21 File:Junji Suzuki 20180925.jpg Junji Suzuki September 13, 2023 December 14, 2023 92
(20) File:Takeaki Matsumoto 20120603.jpg Takeaki Matsumoto December 14, 2023 October 1, 2024 292
22 File:Seiichirō Murakami, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.jpg Seiichiro Murakami October 1, 2024 Incumbent 309 Shigeru Ishiba
Reference: soumu.go.jp

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