Draft:Leader of the opposition (Japan)
Leader of the Opposition | |
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since 30 November 2021 | |
Term length | While leader of the largest political party in the House of Representatives that is not in government |
Inaugural holder | Shigeru Yoshida |
Formation | 1947 |
List of Leaders of the Opposition (1947-present)
[edit]Portrait | Name Electoral District |
Party | Term of Office | General Elections |
Ref | Government | ||||||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet | Prime Minister | |||||||
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Shigeru Yoshida Rep for Kōchi at-large (1878-1967) |
Liberal | 24 May 1947 | 15 October 1948 | 1 year, 145 days | ー | Socialist | Katayama | Tetsu Katayama | |||
Democratic Liberal | ー | Democratic | Ashida | Hitoshi Ashida | ||||||||
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Tetsu Katayama Rep for Kanagawa 3rd (1887-1978) |
Socialist | 15 October 1948 | 23 January 1949 | 93 days | 1949 | Democratic Liberal | Yoshida II | Shigeru Yoshida | |||
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Takeru Inukai Rep for Okayama 2nd (1896-1960) |
Democratic | 23 January 1949 | 10 February 1950 | 1 year, 19 days | ー | Yoshida III | |||||
Vacant 10 February 1950 - 28 April 1950 |
Liberal | |||||||||||
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Gizo Tomabechi Rep for Aomori 1st (1880-1959) |
National Democratic | 28 April 1950 | 8 February 1952 | 1 year, 287 days | ー | ||||||
Vacant 8 February 1952 - 13 June 1952 | ||||||||||||
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Mamoru Shigemitsu Rep for Ōita 2nd (1887-1957) |
Kaishintō | 13 June 1952 | 24 November 1954 | 2 years, 165 days | 1952 | ||||||
1953 | Yoshida IV | |||||||||||
ー | Yoshida V | |||||||||||
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Ichirō Hatoyama Rep for Tokyo 1st (1883-1959) |
Japan Democratic | 24 November 1954 | 10 December 1954 | 17 days | ー | ||||||
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Taketora Ogata Rep for Fukuoka 1st (1888-1956) |
Liberal | 10 December 1954 | 13 October 1955 | 308 days | 1955 | Japan Democratic | Hatoyama I | Ichirō Hatoyama | |||
ー | Hatoyama II | |||||||||||
Mosaburō Suzuki Rep for Tokyo 3rd (1893-1970) |
Socialist | 13 October 1955 | 23 March 1960 | 4 years, 163 days | ー | |||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Hatoyama III | ||||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Ishibashi | Tanzan Ishibashi | |||||||||
1958 | Liberal Democratic | Kishi I | Nobusuke Kishi | |||||||||
ー | Kishi II | |||||||||||
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Inejirō Asanuma Rep for Tokyo 1st (1898-1960) |
Socialist | 23 March 1960 | 12 October 1960 | 204 days | ー | ||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Ikeda I | Hayato Ikeda | |||||||||
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Saburō Eda (Acting) Cou for Okayama at-large (1907-1977) |
Socialist | 12 October 1960 | 6 March 1961 | 146 days | 1960 | ||||||
ー | Ikeda II | |||||||||||
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Jōtarō Kawakami Rep for Hyōgo 1st (1889-1965) |
Socialist | 6 March 1961 | 6 May 1965 | 4 years, 62 days | 1963 | ||||||
ー | Ikeda III | |||||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Satō I | Eisaku Satō | |||||||||
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Kōzō Sasaki Rep for Miyagi 1st (1900-1985) |
Socialist | 6 May 1965 | 19 August 1967 | 2 years, 106 days | 1967 | ||||||
ー | Satō II | |||||||||||
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Seiichi Katsumata Rep for Shizuoka 2nd (1908-1989) |
Socialist | 19 August 1967 | 4 October 1968 | 1 year, 47 days | ー | ||||||
Vacant 4 October 1968 - 30 November 1968 | ||||||||||||
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Tomomi Narita Rep for Kagawa 1st (1912-1979) |
Socialist | 30 November 1968 | 13 December 1977 | 9 years, 14 days | 1969 | ||||||
ー | Satō III | |||||||||||
1972 | Liberal Democratic | Tanaka I | Kakuei Tanaka | |||||||||
ー | Tanaka II | |||||||||||
1976 | Liberal Democratic | Miki | Takeo Miki | |||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Fukuda | Takeo Fukuda | |||||||||
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Ichio Asukata Mayor of Yokohama ↓ Rep for Tokyo 1st (1915-1990) |
Socialist | 13 December 1977 | 7 September 1983 | 5 years, 269 days | ー | ||||||
1979 | Liberal Democratic | Ōhira I | Masayoshi Ōhira | |||||||||
1980 | Ōhira II | |||||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | ー | Masayoshi Ito Acting | |||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Suzuki | Zenkō Suzuki | |||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Nakasone I | Yasuhiro Nakasone | |||||||||
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Masashi Ishibashi Rep for Nagasaki 2nd (1924-2019) |
Socialist | 7 September 1983 | 8 September 1986 | 3 years, 2 days | 1983 | ||||||
1986 | Nakasone II | |||||||||||
ー | Nakasone III | |||||||||||
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Takako Doi Rep for Hyōgo 2nd (1928-2014) |
Socialist | 8 September 1986 | 31 July 1991 | 4 years, 327 days | ー | ||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Uno | Sōsuke Uno | |||||||||
1990 | Liberal Democratic | Kaifu I | Toshiki Kaifu | |||||||||
ー | Kaifu II | |||||||||||
Makoto Tanabe Rep for Gunma 1st (1922-2015) |
Socialist | 31 July 1991 | 19 January 1993 | 1 year, 173 days | ー | |||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Miyazawa | Kiichi Miyazawa | |||||||||
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Sadao Yamahana Rep for Tokyo 11th (1936-1999) |
Socialist | 19 January 1993 | 9 August 1993 | 203 days | 1993 | ||||||
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Yōhei Kōno Rep for Kanagawa 5th (born 1937) |
Liberal Democratic | 9 August 1993 | 30 June 1994 | 326 days | ー | Japan New | Hosokawa | Morihiro Hosokawa | |||
ー | Japan Renewal | Hata | Tsutomu Hata | |||||||||
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Tsutomu Hata Rep for Nagano 2nd (1935-2017) |
Japan Renewal | 30 June 1994 | 10 December 1994 | 164 days | ー | Socialist | Murayama | Tomiichi Murayama | |||
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Toshiki Kaifu Rep for Aichi 3rd (1931-2022) |
New Frontier | 10 December 1994 | 28 December 1995 | 1 year, 19 days | ー | ||||||
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Ichirō Ozawa Rep for Iwate 2nd ↓ Rep for Iwate 4th (born 1942) |
New Frontier | 28 December 1995 | 31 December 1997 | 2 years, 4 days | ー | ||||||
1996 | Liberal Democratic | Hashimoto I | Ryutaro Hashimoto | |||||||||
ー | Hashimoto II | |||||||||||
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Naoto Kan Rep for Tokyo 18th (born 1946) |
Democratic | 31 December 1997 | 25 September 1999 | 1 year, 269 days | ー | ||||||
Democratic | ー | |||||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Obuchi | Keizō Obuchi | |||||||||
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Yukio Hatoyama Rep for Hokkaido 9th (born 1947) |
Democratic | 25 September 1999 | 10 December 2002 | 3 years, 77 days | ー | ||||||
2000 | Liberal Democratic | Mori I | Yoshirō Mori | |||||||||
ー | Mori II | |||||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Koizumi I | Junichiro Koizumi | |||||||||
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Naoto Kan Rep for Tokyo 18th (born 1946) |
Democratic | 10 December 2002 | 18 May 2004 | 1 year, 161 days | 2003 | ||||||
ー | Koizumi II | |||||||||||
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Katsuya Okada Rep for Mie 3rd (born 1953) |
Democratic | 18 May 2004 | 17 September 2005 | 1 year, 123 days | 2005 | ||||||
Seiji Maehara Rep for Kyoto 2nd (born 1962) |
Democratic | 17 September 2005 | 7 April 2006 | 203 days | ー | |||||||
ー | Koizumi III | |||||||||||
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Ichirō Ozawa Rep for Iwate 4th (born 1942) |
Democratic | 7 April 2006 | 16 May 2009 | 3 years, 40 days | ー | ||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Abe I | Shinzo Abe | |||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Fukuda | Yasuo Fukuda | |||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Asō | Tarō Asō | |||||||||
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Yukio Hatoyama Rep for Hokkaido 9th (born 1947) |
Democratic | 16 May 2009 | 16 September 2009 | 124 days | 2009 | ||||||
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Masatoshi Wakabayashi (Acting) Cou for Nagano at-large (1934-2023) |
Liberal Democratic | 16 September 2009 | 28 September 2009 | 13 days | ー | Democratic | Hatoyama | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
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Sadakazu Tanigaki Rep for Kyoto 5th (born 1945) |
Liberal Democratic | 28 September 2009 | 26 September 2012 | 2 years, 365 days | ー | ||||||
ー | Democratic | Kan | Naoto Kan | |||||||||
ー | Democratic | Noda | Yoshihiko Noda | |||||||||
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Shinzo Abe Rep for Yamaguchi 4th (1954-2022) |
Liberal Democratic | 26 September 2012 | 26 December 2012 | 92 days | 2012 | ||||||
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Banri Kaieda Rep for Tokyo PR block (born 1949) |
Democratic | 26 December 2012 | 15 December 2014 | 1 year, 355 days | 2014 | Liberal Democratic | Abe II | Shinzo Abe | |||
Vacant 15 December 2014 - 18 January 2015 |
Abe III | |||||||||||
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Katsuya Okada Rep for Mie 3rd (born 1953) |
Democratic | 18 January 2015 | 15 September 2016 | 1 year, 242 days | ー | ||||||
Democratic | ー | |||||||||||
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Renhō Cou for Tokyo at-large (born 1967) |
Democratic | 18 September 2016 | 1 September 2017 | 352 days | ー | ||||||
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Seiji Maehara Rep for Kyoto 2nd (born 1962) |
Democratic | 1 September 2017 | 22 October 2017 | 52 days | 2017 | ||||||
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Yukio Edano Rep for Saitama 5th (born 1964) |
Former Constitutional Democratic |
22 October 2017 | 30 November 2021 | 4 years, 40 days | ー | Abe IV | |||||
Constitutional Democratic | ー | |||||||||||
ー | Liberal Democratic | Suga | Yoshihide Suga | |||||||||
2021 | Liberal Democratic | Kishida I | Fumio Kishida | |||||||||
ー | Kishida II | |||||||||||
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Kenta Izumi Rep for Kyoto 3rd (born 1974) |
Constitutional Democratic | 30 November 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 280 days | ー | ||||||
ー | Kishida II (Reshuffle I) | |||||||||||
ー | Kishida II (Reshuffle II) |
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