# Chair of the National Public Safety Commission

The Chair of the National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会委員長, Kokka-Kouan iinchou) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the presiding officer of the National Public Safety Commission, which is the parent agency of the National Police Agency. The chairperson holds the rank of minister of state, and is a statutory member of the National Security Council. The chair is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan. The other five members of the commission must require the consent of both houses in the National Diet in order to serve.
The current Chairman is Manabu Sakai, who took office on 1 October 2024.

## List of chair of the National Public Safety Commission

Liberal (1950-1955)
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 Japan Renewal
 Liberal (1998-2003)
 Democratic
| Chairperson | Chairperson | Chairperson | Chairperson | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Prime minister | Prime minister |
| # | Portrait | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | Prime minister | Prime minister |
| 1 | | | Zentarō Kosaka | 1 July 1954 | 1 October 1954 | 92 | | Shigeru Yoshida |
| 2 | | | Naoshi Ohara | 1 October 1954 | 10 December 1954 | 70 | | Shigeru Yoshida |
| 3 | | | Tadao Ohasa | 10 December 1954 | 23 December 1956 | 744 | | Ichirō Hatoyama |
| ー | | | Tanzan Ishibashi (Acting) | December 23, 1956 | December 23, 1956 | 0 | | Tanzan Ishibashi |
| 4 | | | Tomejiro Okubo | 23 December 1956 | 10 July 1957 | 199 | | Tanzan Ishibashi |
| 4 | | | Tomejiro Okubo | 23 December 1956 | 10 July 1957 | 199 | | Nobusuke Kishi |
| 5 | | | Matsutarō Shōriki | 10 July 1957 | 12 June 1958 | 337 | | Nobusuke Kishi |
| 6 | | | Masashi Aoki | 12 June 1958 | 18 June 1959 | 371 | | Nobusuke Kishi |
| 7 | | | Kanichiro Ishihara | 18 June 1959 | 19 July 1960 | 397 | | Nobusuke Kishi |
| 8 | | | Iwao Yamazaki | 19 July 1960 | 13 October 1960 | 86 | | Hayato Ikeda |
| 9 | | | Hideo Shuto | 13 October 1960 | 8 December 1960 | 56 | | Hayato Ikeda |
| 10 | | | Ken Yasui | 8 December 1960 | 18 July 1962 | 587 | | Hayato Ikeda |
| 11 | | | Kosaku Shinoda | 18 July 1962 | 18 July 1963 | 365 | | Hayato Ikeda |
| 12 | | | Takashi Hayakawa | 18 July 1963 | 25 March 1964 | 251 | | Hayato Ikeda |
| 13 | | | Masamichi Akazawa | 25 March 1964 | 18 July 1964 | 115 | | Hayato Ikeda |
| 14 | | | Eichi Yoshitake | 18 July 1964 | 3 June 1965 | 320 | | Hayato Ikeda |
| 14 | | | Eichi Yoshitake | 18 July 1964 | 3 June 1965 | 320 | | Eisaku Satō |
| 15 | | | Tadanori Nagayama | 3 June 1965 | 1 August 1966 | 424 | | Eisaku Satō |
| 16 | | | Shuji Shiomi | 1 August 1966 | 3 December 1966 | 124 | | Eisaku Satō |
| 17 | | | Sensuke Fujieda | 3 December 1966 | 25 November 1967 | 357 | | Eisaku Satō |
| 18 (13) | | | Masamichi Akazawa | 25 November 1967 | 30 November 1968 | 371 | | Eisaku Satō |
| 19 | | | Masuo Araki | 30 November 1968 | 5 July 1971 | 947 | | Eisaku Satō |
| 20 | | | Torata Nakamura | 5 July 1971 | 7 July 1972 | 368 | | Eisaku Satō |
| 21 | | | Takeo Kimura | 7 July 1972 | 22 December 1972 | 168 | | Kakuei Tanaka |
| 22 | | | Masumi Esaki | 22 December 1972 | 25 November 1973 | 338 | | Kakuei Tanaka |
| 23 | | | Kingo Machimura | 25 November 1973 | 11 November 1974 | 351 | | Kakuei Tanaka |
| 24 | | | Hajime Fukuda | 11 November 1974 | 15 September 1976 | 674 | | Kakuei Tanaka |
| 24 | | | Hajime Fukuda | 11 November 1974 | 15 September 1976 | 674 | | Takeo Miki |
| 25 | | | Kimiyoshi Amano | 15 September 1976 | 24 December 1976 | 100 | | Takeo Miki |
| 26 | | | Heiji Ogawa | 24 December 1976 | 28 November 1977 | 339 | | Takeo Fukuda |
| 27 | | | Takenori Kato | 28 November 1977 | 7 December 1978 | 374 | | Takeo Fukuda |
| 28 | | | Naozo Shibuya | 7 December 1978 | 9 November 1979 | 337 | | Masayoshi Ōhira |
| 29 | | | Masaharu Gotōda | 9 November 1979 | 17 July 1980 | 251 | | Masayoshi Ōhira |
| 30 | | | Jiro Ishiba | 17 July 1980 | 17 December 1980 | 153 | | Zenkō Suzuki |
| 31 | | | Tōkichi Abiko | 17 December 1980 | 30 November 1981 | 348 | | Zenkō Suzuki |
| 32 | | | Masataka Sekō | 30 November 1981 | 27 November 1982 | 362 | | Zenkō Suzuki |
| 33 | | | Sachio Yamamoto | 27 November 1982 | 27 December 1983 | 395 | | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 34 | | | Seiichi Tagawa | 27 December 1983 | 1 November 1984 | 340 | | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 35 | | | Tōru Furuya | 1 November 1984 | 28 December 1985 | 422 | | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 36 | | | Ichirō Ozawa | 28 December 1985 | 22 July 1986 | 206 | | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 37 | | | Nobuyuki Hanashi | 22 July 1986 | 6 November 1987 | 472 | | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 38 | | | Seiroku Kajiyama | 6 November 1987 | 27 December 1988 | 417 | | Noboru Takeshita |
| 39 | | | Shigenobu Sakano | 27 December 1988 | 10 August 1989 | 226 | | Noboru Takeshita |
| 39 | | | Shigenobu Sakano | 27 December 1988 | 10 August 1989 | 226 | | Sōsuke Uno |
| 40 | | | Kōzō Watanabe | 10 August 1989 | 28 February 1990 | 202 | | Toshiki Kaifu |
| 41 | | | Keiwa Okuda | 28 February 1990 | 29 December 1990 | 304 | | Toshiki Kaifu |
| 42 | | | Akira Fukida | 29 December 1990 | 5 November 1991 | 311 | | Toshiki Kaifu |
| 43 | | | Masajuro Shiokawa | 5 November 1991 | 12 December 1992 | 403 | | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| 44 | | | Keijiro Murata | 12 December 1992 | 9 August 1993 | 240 | | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| 45 | | | Kanju Sato | 9 August 1993 | 28 April 1994 | 262 | | Morihiro Hosokawa |
| ー | | | Tsutomu Hata (Acting) | April 28, 1994 | April 28, 1994 | 0 | | Tsutomu Hata |
| 46 | | | Hajime Ishii | 28 April 1994 | 30 June 1994 | 63 | | Tsutomu Hata |
| 47 | | | Hiromu Nonaka | 30 June 1994 | 8 August 1995 | 404 | | Tomiichi Murayama |
| 48 | | | Takashi Fukaya | 8 August 1995 | 11 January 1996 | 156 | | Tomiichi Murayama |
| 49 | | | Hiroyuki Kurata | 11 January 1996 | 7 November 1996 | 301 | | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| 50 | | | Katsuhiko Shirakawa | 7 November 1996 | 11 September 1997 | 308 | | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| 51 | | | Mitsuhiro Uesugi | 11 September 1997 | 30 July 1998 | 322 | | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| 52 | | | Mamoru Nishida | 30 July 1998 | 14 January 1999 | 168 | | Keizō Obuchi |
| 53 | | | Takeshi Noda | 14 January 1999 | 5 October 1999 | 264 | | Keizō Obuchi |
| 54 | | | Kosuke Hori | 5 October 1999 | 4 July 2000 | 273 | | Keizō Obuchi |
| 54 | | | Kosuke Hori | 5 October 1999 | 4 July 2000 | 273 | | Yoshiro Mori |
| 55 (52) | | | Mamoru Nishida | 4 July 2000 | 5 December 2000 | 154 | | Yoshiro Mori |
| 56 | | | Bunmei Ibuki | 5 December 2000 | 26 April 2001 | 142 | | Yoshiro Mori |
| 57 | | | Jin Murai | 26 April 2001 | 30 September 2002 | 522 | | Junichiro Koizumi |
| 58 | | | Sadakazu Tanigaki | 30 September 2002 | 22 September 2003 | 357 | | Junichiro Koizumi |
| 59 | | | Kiyoko Ono | 22 September 2003 | 27 September 2004 | 371 | | Junichiro Koizumi |
| 60 | | | Yoshitaka Murata | 27 September 2004 | 31 October 2005 | 399 | | Junichiro Koizumi |
| 61 | | | Tetsuo Kutsukake | 31 October 2005 | 26 September 2006 | 330 | | Junichiro Koizumi |
| 62 | | | Kensei Mizote | 26 September 2006 | 27 August 2007 | 335 | | Shinzo Abe |
| 63 | | | Shinya Izumi | 27 August 2007 | 2 August 2008 | 341 | | Shinzo Abe |
| 63 | | | Shinya Izumi | 27 August 2007 | 2 August 2008 | 341 | | Yasuo Fukuda |
| 64 | | | Motoo Hayashi | 2 August 2008 | 24 September 2008 | 53 | | Yasuo Fukuda |
| 65 | | | Tsutomu Sato | 24 September 2008 | 2 July 2009 | 281 | | Tarō Asō |
| 66 (64) | | | Motoo Hayashi | 2 July 2009 | 16 September 2009 | 76 | | Tarō Asō |
| 67 | | | Hiroshi Nakai | 16 September 2009 | 17 September 2010 | 366 | | Yukio Hatoyama |
| 67 | | | Hiroshi Nakai | 16 September 2009 | 17 September 2010 | 366 | | Naoto Kan |
| 68 | | | Tomiko Okazaki | 17 September 2010 | 14 January 2011 | 119 | | Naoto Kan |
| 69 | | | Kansei Nakano | 14 January 2011 | 2 September 2011 | 231 | | Naoto Kan |
| 70 | | | Kenji Yamaoka | 2 September 2011 | 13 January 2012 | 133 | | Yoshihiko Noda |
| 71 | | | Jin Matsubara | 13 January 2012 | 1 October 2012 | 262 | | Yoshihiko Noda |
| 72 | | | Tadamasa Kodaira | 1 October 2012 | 26 December 2012 | 86 | | Yoshihiko Noda |
| 73 | | | Keiji Furuya | 26 December 2012 | 3 September 2014 | 616 | | Shinzo Abe |
| 74 | | | Eriko Yamatani | 3 September 2014 | 7 October 2015 | 399 | | Shinzo Abe |
| 75 | | | Taro Kono | 7 October 2015 | 3 August 2016 | 301 | | Shinzo Abe |
| 76 | | | Jun Matsumoto | 3 August 2016 | 3 August 2017 | 365 | | Shinzo Abe |
| 77 | | | Hachiro Okonogi | 3 August 2017 | 2 October 2018 | 425 | | Shinzo Abe |
| 78 | | | Junzo Yamamoto | 2 October 2018 | 11 September 2019 | 344 | | Shinzo Abe |
| 79 | | | Ryota Takeda | 11 September 2019 | 16 September 2020 | 371 | | Shinzo Abe |
| 80 (77) | | | Hachiro Okonogi | 16 September 2020 | 25 June 2021 | 282 | | Yoshihide Suga |
| 81 | | | Yasufumi Tanahashi | 25 June 2021 | 4 October 2021 | 101 | | Yoshihide Suga |
| 82 | | | Satoshi Ninoyu | 4 October 2021 | 10 August 2022 | 310 | | Fumio Kishida |
| 83 | | | Koichi Tani | 10 August 2022 | 13 September 2023 | 399 | | Fumio Kishida |
| 84 | | | Yoshifumi Matsumura | 13 September 2023 | 1 October 2024 | 384 | | Fumio Kishida |
| 85 | | | Manabu Sakai | 1 October 2024 | Incumbent | 86 | | Shigeru Ishiba |