Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

The  is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.

The current minister is Yoshimasa Hayashi, who took office on October 21, 2025.

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

Internal Affairs MinisterTerm of officePrime Minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays1100pxToranosuke KatayamaJanuary 6, 2001September 22, 2003Yoshirō MoriJunichiro Koizumi2100pxTaro AsoSeptember 22, 2003October 31, 20053100pxHeizō TakenakaOctober 31, 2005September 26, 20064100pxYoshihide SugaSeptember 26, 2006August 27, 2007Shinzō Abe5100pxHiroya MasudaAugust 27, 2007September 24, 2008Yasuo Fukuda6100pxKunio HatoyamaSeptember 24, 2008June 12, 2009Taro Aso7100pxTsutomu SatoJune 12, 2009September 16, 20098100pxKazuhiro HaraguchiSeptember 16, 2009September 17, 2010Yukio HatoyamaNaoto Kan9100pxYoshihiro KatayamaSeptember 17, 2010September 2, 201110100pxTatsuo KawabataSeptember 2, 2011October 1, 2012Yoshihiko Noda11100pxShinji TarutokoOctober 1, 2012December 26, 201212100pxYoshitaka ShindōDecember 26, 2012September 3, 2014Shinzō Abe14100pxSanae TakaichiSeptember 3, 2014August 3, 201715100pxSeiko NodaAugust 3, 2017October 2, 201816100pxMasatoshi IshidaOctober 2, 2018September 11, 2019100pxSanae TakaichiSeptember 11, 2019September 16, 2020100pxRyota TakedaSeptember 16, 2020October 4, 2021Yoshihide Suga100pxYasushi KanekoOctober 4, 2021August 10, 2022Fumio Kishida100pxMinoru TeradaAugust 10, 2022November 20, 2022100pxTakeaki MatsumotoNovember 21, 2022September 13, 2023100pxJunji Suzuki September 13, 2023 December 14, 2023100pxTakeaki MatsumotoDecember 14, 2023October 1, 2024100pxSeiichiro MurakamiOctober 1, 2024October 21, 2025Shigeru Ishiba100pxYoshimasa HayashiOctober 21, 2025IncumbentSanae Takaichi Reference: soumu.go.jp

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