# Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party

The secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party (自由民主党幹事長, Jiyū-Minshutō Kanjichō) is a high-ranking position within the Japanese conservative party, the Liberal Democratic Party. According to the LDP constitution, the secretary-general assists the party president in their duties.
As the LDP vice president is a largely ceremonial position, the secretary-general is de facto the second-most-powerful person in the party. The secretary-general is authorized to raise political donations and controls the party finances. The secretary-general holds the final authority over the list of LDP-backed candidates for the National Diet elections. The secretary-general oversees the LDP Diet Affairs Committee, responsible for steering party-supported bills through both chambers of the Diet, and appoints its chairman. The secretary-general also oversees key LDP organizations such as the personnel, treasury, information research and international bureaus.
The secretary-general is appointed by the president after the formal approval of the LDP General Council. The secretary-general is assisted by up to 30 deputy secretaries-general, appointed by the secretary-general with the approval of the General Council, one of whom is appointed as the acting secretary-general. The current secretary-general is Toshimitsu Motegi, appointed on 4 November 2021.

## List of officeholders

| No. | President (birth–death) | Constituency or title | Took office | Left office | President |
| 1 | Nobusuke Kishi (1896–1987) | Rep for Yamaguchi 1st | November 1955 | December 1956 | Ichirō Hatoyama |
| 2 | Takeo Miki (1907–1988) | Rep for Tokushima At-large | December 1956 | July 1957 | Tanzan Ishibashi |
| 2 | Takeo Miki (1907–1988) | Rep for Tokushima At-large | December 1956 | July 1957 | Nobusuke Kishi |
| 3 | Shojiro Kawashima (1890–1970) | Rep for Chiba 1st | July 1957 | January 1959 | Nobusuke Kishi |
| 4 | Takeo Fukuda (1905–1995) | Rep for Gunma 3rd | January 1959 | June 1959 | Nobusuke Kishi |
| 5 | Shojiro Kawashima (1890–1970) | Rep for Chiba 1st | June 1959 | July 1960 | Nobusuke Kishi |
| 5 | Shūji Masutani (1888–1973) | Rep for Ishikawa 2nd | July 1960 | July 1961 | Hayato Ikeda |
| 6 | Shigesaburō Maeo (1905–1981) | Rep for Kyoto 2nd | July 1961 | July 1964 | Hayato Ikeda |
| 7 | Takeo Miki (1907–1988) | Rep for Tokushima At-large | July 1964 | June 1965 | Hayato Ikeda |
| 7 | Takeo Miki (1907–1988) | Rep for Tokushima At-large | July 1964 | June 1965 | Eisaku Satō |
| 8 | Kakuei Tanaka (1918–1993) | Rep for Niigata 3rd | June 1965 | December 1966 | Eisaku Satō |
| 9 | Takeo Fukuda (1905–1995) | Rep for Gunma 3rd | December 1966 | November 1968 | Eisaku Satō |
| 10 | Kakuei Tanaka (1918–1993) | Rep for Niigata 3rd | November 1968 | June 1971 | Eisaku Satō |
| 11 | Shigeru Hori (1901–1979) | Rep for Saga At-large | June 1971 | July 1972 | Eisaku Satō |
| 12 | Tomisaburo Hashimoto (1901–1990) | Rep for Ibaraki 1st | July 1972 | November 1974 | Kakuei Tanaka |
| 13 | Susumu Nikaidō (1909–2000) | Rep for Kagoshima 3rd | November 1974 | December 1974 | Kakuei Tanaka |
| 14 | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918–2019) | Rep for Gunma 3rd | December 1974 | September 1976 | Takeo Miki |
| 15 | Tsuneo Uchida (1907–1977) | Rep for Yamanashi At-large | September 1976 | December 1976 | Takeo Miki |
| 16 | Masayoshi Ōhira (1910–1980) | Rep for Kagawa 2nd | December 1976 | December 1978 | Takeo Fukuda |
| 17 | Kunikichi Saito (1909–1992) | Rep for Fukushima 3rd | December 1978 | November 1979 | Masayoshi Ōhira |
| 18 | Yoshio Sakurauchi (1912–2003) | Rep for Shimane At-Large | November 1979 | November 1981 | Masayoshi Ōhira |
| 18 | Yoshio Sakurauchi (1912–2003) | Rep for Shimane At-Large | November 1979 | November 1981 | Zenkō Suzuki |
| 19 | Susumu Nikaidō (1909–2000) | Rep for Kagoshima 3rd | November 1981 | December 1983 | Zenkō Suzuki |
| 19 | Susumu Nikaidō (1909–2000) | Rep for Kagoshima 3rd | November 1981 | December 1983 | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 20 | Rokusuke Tanaka (1923–1985) | Rep for Fukuoka 4th | December 1983 | October 1984 | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 21 | Shin Kanemaru (1914–1996) | Rep for Yamanashi At-large | October 1984 | July 1986 | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 22 | Noboru Takeshita (1924–2000) | Rep for Shimane At-large | July 1986 | October 1987 | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 23 | Shintaro Abe (1924–1991) | Rep for Yamaguchi 1st | October 1987 | June 1989 | Noboru Takeshita |
| 24 | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937–2006) | Rep for Okayama 4th | June 1989 | August 1989 | Sōsuke Uno |
| 25 | Ichirō Ozawa (b. 1957) | Rep for Iwate 2nd | August 1989 | April 1991 | Toshiki Kaifu |
| 26 | Keizō Obuchi (1937–2000) | Rep for Gunma 5th | April 1991 | October 1991 | Toshiki Kaifu |
| 27 | Tamisuke Watanuki (b. 1927) | Rep for Toyama 2nd | October 1991 | December 1992 | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| 28 | Seiroku Kajiyama (1926–2000) | Rep for Ibaraki 2nd | December 1992 | July 1993 | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| 29 | Yoshirō Mori (b. 1937) | Rep for Ishikawa 2nd | July 1993 | August 1995 | Yōhei Kōno |
| 30 | Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (1927–2004) | Rep for Miyagi 3rd | August 1995 | October 1995 | Yōhei Kōno |
| 31 | Koichi Kato (1939–2016) | Rep for Yamagata 3rd | October 1995 | July 1998 | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| 32 | Yoshirō Mori (b. 1937) | Rep for Ishikawa 2nd | July 1998 | April 2000 | Keizō Obuchi |
| 33 | Hiromu Nonaka (1925–2018) | Rep for Kyoto 4th | April 2000 | December 2000 | Yoshirō Mori |
| 34 | Makoto Koga (b. 1940) | Rep for Fukuoka 7th | December 2000 | April 2001 | Yoshirō Mori |
| 35 | Taku Yamasaki (b. 1936) | Rep for Fukuoka 2nd | April 2001 | September 2003 | Junichiro Koizumi |
| 36 | Shinzo Abe (1954–2022) | Rep for Yamaguchi 4th | 22 September 2003 | 24 September 2004 | Junichiro Koizumi |
| 37 | Tsutomu Takebe (b. 1941) | Rep for Hokkaido At-Large | September 2004 | September 2006 | Junichiro Koizumi |
| 38 | Hidenao Nakagawa (b. 1944) | Rep for Hiroshima 4th | September 2006 | August 2007 | Shinzo Abe |
| 39 | Tarō Asō (b. 1940) | Rep for Fukuoka 8th | August 2007 | September 2007 | Shinzo Abe |
| 40 | Bunmei Ibuki (b. 1938) | Rep for Kyoto 1st | September 2007 | August 2008 | Yasuo Fukuda |
| 41 | Tarō Asō (b. 1940) | Rep for Fukuoka 8th | August 2008 | September 2008 | Yasuo Fukuda |
| 42 | Hiroyuki Hosoda (1944-2023) | Rep for Shimane 1st | 22 September 2008 | 29 September 2009 | Tarō Asō |
| 43 | Tadamori Ōshima (b. 1946) | Rep for Aomori 3rd | September 2009 | September 2010 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 44 | Nobuteru Ishihara (b. 1957) | Rep for Tokyo 8th | September 2010 | September 2012 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 45 | Shigeru Ishiba (b. 1957) | Rep for Tottori 1st | 26 September 2012 | 3 September 2014 | Shinzo Abe |
| 46 | Sadakazu Tanigaki (b. 1945) | Rep for Kyoto 5th | 3 September 2014 | 3 August 2016 | Shinzo Abe |
| 47 | Toshihiro Nikai (b. 1939) | Rep for Wakayama 3rd | 4 August 2016 | 1 October 2021 | Shinzo Abe |
| 47 | Toshihiro Nikai (b. 1939) | Rep for Wakayama 3rd | 4 August 2016 | 1 October 2021 | Yoshihide Suga |
| 48 | Akira Amari (b. 1949) | Rep for Southern Kanto proportional | 1 October 2021 | 4 November 2021 | Fumio Kishida |
| 49 | Toshimitsu Motegi (b. 1955) | Rep for Tochigi 5th | 4 November 2021 | 30 September 2024 | Fumio Kishida |
| 50 | Hiroshi Moriyama (b. 1945) | Rep for Kagoshima 4th | 30 September 2024 | Incumbent | Shigeru Ishiba |