No. President
(birth–death)
Portrait Constituency or title Took office Left office Election results Government
Party Prime Minister Term
Preceding parties: Liberal Party (1950) and Democratic Party (1954)
Interim Leadership Committee (1955–1956)
Ichirō Hatoyama
鳩山 一郎
(1883–1959)
Rep for Tokyo 1st 15 November 1955 5 April 1956 None LDP himself 1954–1956
Bukichi Miki
三木 武吉
(1884–1956)
Rep for Kagawa 1st LDP Hatoyama I. 1954–1956
Banboku Ōno
大野 伴睦
(1890–1964)
Rep for Gifu 1st
Taketora Ogata
緒方 竹虎
(1888–1956)
Rep for Fukuoka 1st 28 January 1956
(Died in office)
Tsuruhei Matsuno
松野 鶴平
(1883–1962)
Cou for Kumamoto 10 February 1956 5 April 1956
President (1956–present)
1 Ichirō Hatoyama
鳩山 一郎
(1883–1959)
Rep for Tokyo 1st 5 April 1956 14 December 1956
Apr. 1956
Ichirō Hatoyama – 394
Nobusuke Kishi – 4
Others – 15
LDP himself 1954–1956
2 Tanzan Ishibashi
石橋 湛山
(1884–1973)
Rep for Shizuoka 2nd 14 December 1956 21 March 1957
Dec. 1956 1st round
Nobusuke Kishi – 223
Tanzan Ishibashi – 151
Mitsujiro Ishii – 137
Dec. 1956 2nd round
Tanzan Ishibashi – 258
Nobusuke Kishi – 251
LDP himself 1956–1957
3 Nobusuke Kishi
岸 信介
(1896–1987)
Rep for Yamaguchi 1st 21 March 1957 14 July 1960
1957
Nobusuke Kishi – 471
Kenzō Matsumura – 2
Tokutaro Kitamura – 1
Mitsujirō Ishii – 1
1959
Nobusuke Kishi – 320
Kenzō Matsumura – 166
Others – 5
LDP himself 1957–1960
4 Hayato Ikeda
池田 勇人
(1899–1965)
Rep for Hiroshima 2nd 14 July 1960 1 December 1964
1960 1st Round
Hayato Ikeda – 246
Mitsujirō Ishii – 194
Aiichirō Fujiyama – 49
Others – 7
1960 2nd Round
Hayato Ikeda – 302
Mitsujirō Ishii – 194
1962
Hayato Ikeda – 391
Eisaku Satō – 17
Others – 20
Jul. 1964
Hayato Ikeda – 242
Eisaku Satō – 160
Aiichirō Fujiyama – 72
Hirokichi Nadao – 1
LDP himself 1960–1964
5 Eisaku Satō
佐藤 栄作
(1901–1975)
Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd 1 December 1964 5 July 1972
Nov. 1964
Eisaku Satō – Green tickY
Aiichirō Fujiyama – Red XN
Ichirō Kōno – Red XN
1966
Eisaku Satō – 289
Aiichirō Fujiyama – 89
Shigesaburō Maeo – 47
Hirokichi Nadao – 11
Uichi Noda – 9
Others – 5
1968
Eisaku Satō – 249
Takeo Miki – 107
Shigesaburō Maeo – 95
Others – 25
1970
Eisaku Satō – 353
Takeo Miki – 111
Others – 3
LDP himself 1964–1972
6 Kakuei Tanaka
田中 角榮
(1918–1993)
Rep for Niigata 3rd 5 July 1972 4 December 1974
1972
Tanaka Kakuei – 282
Takeo Fukuda – 180
LDP himself 1972–1974
7 Takeo Miki
三木 武夫
(1907–1988)
Rep for Tokushima at-large 4 December 1974 23 December 1976
1974
Takeo Miki – Green tickY
Takeo Fukuda – Red XN
Masayoshi Ōhira – Red XN
Yasuhiro Nakasone – Red XN
LDP himself 1974–1976
8 Takeo Fukuda
福田 赳夫
(1905–1995)
Rep for Gunma 3rd 23 December 1976 1 December 1978
1976
Takeo Fukuda – Green tickY
Masayoshi Ōhira – Red XN
LDP himself 1976–1978
9 Masayoshi Ōhira
大平 正芳
(1910–1980)
Rep for Kagawa 2nd 1 December 1978 12 June 1980
(Died in office)
1978 1st round
Masayoshi Ōhira – 748
Fukuda Takeo – 638
Yasuhiro Nakasone – 93
Toshio Kōmoto – 46
1978 2nd round
Unopposed
LDP himself 1978–1980
Eiichi Nishimura
西村 英一
(1897–1987)
Acting President
Rep for Ōita 2nd 12 June 1980 15 July 1980 Acting LDP (Ito M.) 1980; Acting
10 Zenkō Suzuki
鈴木 善幸
(1911–2004)
Rep for Iwate 1st 15 July 1980 25 November 1982
Jul. 1980
Zenko Suzuki – Green tickY
Kiichi Miyazawa – Red XN
Yasuhiro Nakasone – Red XN
Toshio Kōmoto – Red XN
Nov. 1980
Unopposed
LDP himself 1980–1982
11 Yasuhiro Nakasone
中曽根 康弘
(1918–2019)
Rep for Gunma 3rd 25 November 1982 31 October 1987
1982 1st Round
Yasuhiro Nakasone – 57.6% (559,673)
Toshio Kōmoto – 27.2% (265,078)
Shintarō Abe – 8.2% (80,443)
Ichirō Nakagawa – 6.8% (66,041)
1982 2nd Round
Unopposed
1984
Unopposed Walkover
1986
1-year Extension
LDP himself 1982–1987
12 Noboru Takeshita
竹下 登
(1924–2000)
Rep for Shimane at-large 31 October 1987 2 June 1989
1987
Noboru Takeshita – Green tickY
Shintarō Abe – Red XN
Kiichi Miyazawa – Red XN
LDP himself 1987–1989
13 Sōsuke Uno
宇野 宗佑
(1922–1998)
Rep for Shiga at-large 2 June 1989 8 August 1989
Jun. 1989
Sōsuke Uno – Green tickY
Masayoshi Itō – Red XN
LDP himself 1989
14 Toshiki Kaifu
海部 俊樹
(1931–2022)
Rep for Aichi 3rd 8 August 1989 30 October 1991
Aug. 1989 1st round
Toshiki Kaifu – 279
Yoshirō Hayashi – 120
Shintarō Ishihara – 48
Aug. 1989 2nd round
Unopposed
LDP himself 1989–1991
15 Kiichi Miyazawa
宮澤 喜一
(1919–2007)
Rep for Hiroshima 3rd 31 October 1991 29 July 1993
1991
Kiichi Miyazawa – 285
Michio Wantanabe – 120
Hiroshi Mitsuzuka – 87
LDP himself 1991–1993
16 Yōhei Kōno
河野 洋平
(born 1937)
Rep for Kanagawa 5th 29 July 1993 1 October 1995
1993 1st round
Yōhei Kōno – 208
Michio Wantanabe – 159
1993 2nd round
Unopposed
JNP Hosokawa 1993–1994
JRP Hata Apr–Jun 1994
JSP Murayama
(coalition)
1994–1996
17 Ryutaro Hashimoto
橋本 龍太郎
(1937–2006)
Rep for Okayama 4th 1 October 1995 24 July 1998
1995
Ryutaro Hashimoto – 304
Junichiro Koizumi – 87
1997
Unopposed Walkover
LDP himself 1996–1998
18 Keizō Obuchi
小渕 恵三
(1937–2000)
Rep for Gunma 5th 24 July 1998 5 April 2000
1998
Keizō Obuchi – 225
Seiroku Kajiyama – 102
Junichiro Koizumi – 84
1999
Keizō Obuchi – 350
Koichi Kato – 113
Taku Yamasaki – 51
LDP himself 1998–2000
19 Yoshirō Mori
森 喜朗
(born 1937)
Rep for Ishikawa 2nd 5 April 2000 24 April 2001
2000
Yoshirō Mori – Green tickY
Mikio Aoki – Red XN
Masakuni Murakami – Red XN
Hiromu Nonaka – Red XN
Shizuka Kamei – Red XN
LDP himself 2000–2001
20 Junichiro Koizumi
小泉 純一郎
(born 1942)
Rep for Kanagawa 11th 24 April 2001 20 September 2006
2001 1st Round
Junichiro Koizumi – 298
Ryutaro Hashimoto – 155
Tarō Asō – 31
2001 2nd Round
Unopposed
2003
Junichiro Koizumi – 339
Shizuka Kamei – 139
Takao Fujii – 65
Masahiko Kōmura – 54
LDP himself 2001–2006
21 Shinzo Abe
安倍 晋三
(1954–2022)
Rep for Yamaguchi 4th 20 September 2006 23 September 2007
Shinzo Abe – 464
Tarō Asō – 136
Sadakazu Tanigaki – 102
LDP himself 2006–2007
22 Yasuo Fukuda
福田 康夫
(born 1936)
Rep for Gunma 4th 23 September 2007 22 September 2008
Yasuo Fukuda – 330
Tarō Asō – 197
LDP himself 2007–2008
23 Tarō Asō
麻生 太郎
(born 1940)
Rep for Fukuoka 8th 22 September 2008 28 September 2009
Tarō Asō – 351
Kaoru Yosano – 66
Yuriko Koike – 46
Nobuteru Ishihara – 37
Shigeru Ishiba – 25
LDP himself 2008–2009
24 Sadakazu Tanigaki
谷垣 禎一
(born 1945)
Rep for Kyoto 5th 28 September 2009 26 September 2012
Sadakazu Tanigaki – 300
Taro Kono – 144
Yasutoshi Nishimura – 54
DPJ Hatoyama Y. 2009–2010
DPJ Kan 2010–2011
DPJ Noda 2011–2012
25
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Shinzo Abe
安倍 晋三
(1954–2022)
Rep for Yamaguchi 4th 26 September 2012 14 September 2020
Shinzo Abe – 141
Shigeru Ishiba – 199
Nobuteru Ishihara – 96
Nobutaka Machimura 34
Yoshimasa Hayashi – 27
Shinzo Abe – 108
Shigeru Ishiba – 89
Unopposed Walkover
Shinzo Abe – 553
Shigeru Ishiba – 254
LDP himself 2012–2020
26 Yoshihide Suga
菅 義偉
(born 1948)
Rep for Kanagawa 2nd 14 September 2020 29 September 2021
Yoshihide Suga – 377
Fumio Kishida – 89
Shigeru Ishiba – 68
LDP himself 2020–2021
27 Fumio Kishida
岸田 文雄
(born 1957)
Rep for Hiroshima 1st 29 September 2021 27 September 2024
Fumio Kishida – 256
Taro Kono – 255
Sanae Takaichi – 188
Seiko Noda – 63
Fumio Kishida – 257
Taro Kono – 170
LDP himself 2021–2024
28 Shigeru Ishiba
石破 茂
(born 1957)
Rep for Tottori 1st 27 September 2024 Incumbent
Shigeru Ishiba – 215
Sanae Takaichi – 194
LDP himself 2024–present