Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣, Sōmu Daijin)^[1]^[2] is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Internal Affairs and Communications. The post has been held by Sanae Takaichi since 3 September 2014.

Ministers for Internal Affairs and Communications

Internal Affairs Minister			Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days	Prime Minister
1		Toranosuke Katayama	January 6, 2001	September 22, 2003	989		Yoshirō Mori
1		Toranosuke Katayama	January 6, 2001	September 22, 2003	989		Junichiro Koizumi
2		Taro Aso	September 22, 2003	October 31, 2005	770
3		Heizō Takenaka	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
4		Yoshihide Suga	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	335		Shinzō Abe
5		Hiroya Masuda	August 27, 2007	September 24, 2008	394		Shinzō Abe
5		Hiroya Masuda	August 27, 2007	September 24, 2008	394		Yasuo Fukuda
6		Kunio Hatoyama	September 24, 2008	June 12, 2009	261		Taro Aso
7		Tsutomu Sato	June 12, 2009	September 16, 2009	96		Taro Aso
8		Kazuhiro Haraguchi	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	366		Yukio Hatoyama
8		Kazuhiro Haraguchi	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	366		Naoto Kan
9		Yoshihiro Katayama	September 17, 2010	September 2, 2011	350		Naoto Kan
10		Tatsuo Kawabata	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012	395		Yoshihiko Noda
11		Shinji Tarutoko	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012	86		Yoshihiko Noda
12		Yoshitaka Shindō	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	616		Shinzō Abe
13		Sanae Takaichi	September 3, 2014	Incumbent	824		Shinzō Abe
Reference: http://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_sosiki/annai/soshiki/rekidai.html

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