President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The  is the highest position within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. The current holder of the position is Sanae Takaichi, who was elected to the position 4 October 2025, following her victory in the party's presidential election, becoming the first female president of the party.

 Presidents of the party 
No.PresidentPortraitConstituency or titleTook officeLeft officeElection resultsGovernmentPartyPrime MinisterTermPreceding parties:  Liberal Party (1950) and Democratic Party (1954)Interim Leadership Committee (1955–1956)—Ichirō Hatoyama25px80pxRep for Tokyo 1st15 November 19555 April 1956NonehimselfBukichi Miki80pxRep for Kagawa 1stHatoyama I.Banboku Ōno80pxRep for Gifu 1stTaketora Ogata80pxRep for Fukuoka 1st28 January 1956Tsuruhei Matsuno80pxCou for Kumamoto10 February 19565 April 1956President (1956–present)1Ichirō Hatoyama25px80pxRep for Tokyo 1st5 April 195614 December 1956himself2Tanzan Ishibashi25px80pxRep for Shizuoka 2nd14 December 195621 March 1957himself3Nobusuke Kishi25px80pxRep for Yamaguchi 1st21 March 195714 July 1960himself4Hayato Ikeda25px80pxRep for Hiroshima 2nd14 July 19601 December 1964himself5Eisaku Satō25px80pxRep for Yamaguchi 2nd1 December 19645 July 1972himself6Kakuei Tanaka25px80pxRep for Niigata 3rd5 July 19724 December 1974himself7Takeo Miki25px80pxRep for Tokushima at-large4 December 197423 December 1976himself8Takeo Fukuda25px80pxRep for Gunma 3rd23 December 19761 December 1978himself9Masayoshi Ōhira25px80pxRep for Kagawa 2nd1 December 197812 June 1980himself—Eiichi Nishimura80pxRep for Ōita 2nd12 June 198015 July 1980Acting(Ito M.)10Zenkō Suzuki25px80pxRep for Iwate 1st15 July 198025 November 1982himself11Yasuhiro Nakasone25px80pxRep for Gunma 3rd25 November 198231 October 1987himself12Noboru Takeshita25px80pxRep for Shimane at-large31 October 19872 June 1989himself13Sōsuke Uno25px80pxRep for Shiga at-large2 June 19898 August 1989himself14Toshiki Kaifu25px80pxRep for Aichi 3rd8 August 198930 October 1991himself15Kiichi Miyazawa25px80pxRep for Hiroshima 3rd31 October 199129 July 1993himself16Yōhei Kōno80pxRep for Kanagawa 5th29 July 19931 October 1995HosokawaHataMurayama(coalition)17Ryutaro Hashimoto25px80pxRep for Okayama 4th1 October 199524 July 1998himself18Keizō Obuchi25px80pxRep for Gunma 5th24 July 19985 April 2000himself19Yoshirō Mori25px80pxRep for Ishikawa 2nd5 April 200024 April 2001himself20Junichiro Koizumi25px80pxRep for Kanagawa 11th24 April 200120 September 2006himself21Shinzo Abe25px80pxRep for Yamaguchi 4th20 September 200623 September 2007himself22Yasuo Fukuda25px80pxRep for Gunma 4th23 September 200722 September 2008himself23Tarō Asō25px80pxRep for Fukuoka 8th22 September 200828 September 2009himself24Sadakazu Tanigaki80pxRep for Kyoto 5th28 September 200926 September 2012Hatoyama Y.KanNoda25Shinzo Abe25px80pxRep for Yamaguchi 4th26 September 201214 September 2020himself26Yoshihide Suga25px80pxRep for Kanagawa 2nd14 September 202029 September 2021himself27Fumio Kishida25px80pxRep for Hiroshima 1st29 September 202127 September 2024himself28Shigeru Ishiba25px80pxRep for Tottori 1st27 September 20244 October 2025himself29Sanae Takaichi80pxRep for Nara 2nd4 October 2025Incumbentherself

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Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)