Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)
Appearance
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
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since 11 November 2024 | |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
Style | His Excellency |
Member of | Cabinet of Japan |
Reports to | Prime Minister of Japan |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Japan |
Appointer | Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor |
Precursor | Minister of Education Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency |
Formation | July 5, 1978 |
Deputy | State Minister of Agriculture |
Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産大臣, Nourin-Suisan Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
The current minister is Taku Etō, who took office on 11 November 2024.
List of ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
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Minister | Term of office | Prime minister | ||||||
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# | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
1 | Ichiro Nakagawa | July 5, 1978 | December 7, 1978 | 155 | Takeo Fukuda | |||
2 | Michio Watanabe | December 7, 1978 | November 9, 1979 | 337 | Masayoshi Ōhira | |||
3 | Kabun Mutō | November 9, 1979 | July 17, 1980 | 251 | ||||
4 | Takao Kameoka | July 17, 1980 | November 30, 1981 | 501 | Zenkō Suzuki | |||
5 | Kichirō Tazawa | November 30, 1981 | November 27, 1982 | 362 | ||||
6 | Iwazo Kaneko | November 27, 1982 | December 27, 1983 | 395 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | |||
7 | Shinjiro Yamamura | December 27, 1983 | November 1, 1984 | 310 | ||||
8 | Moriyoshi Sato | November 1, 1984 | December 28, 1985 | 422 | ||||
9 | Tsutomu Hata | December 28, 1985 | July 22, 1986 | 206 | ||||
10 | Mutsuki Kato | July 22, 1986 | November 6, 1987 | 472 | ||||
11 | Takashi Sato | November 6, 1987 | December 27, 1988 | 417 | Noboru Takeshita | |||
12 (9) |
Tsutomu Hata | December 27, 1988 | June 3, 1989 | 158 | ||||
13 | Hisao Horinouchi | June 3, 1989 | August 10, 1989 | 68 | Sōsuke Uno | |||
14 | Michihiko Kano | August 10, 1989 | February 28, 1990 | 202 | Toshiki Kaifu | |||
15 | Tomio Yamamoto | February 28, 1990 | December 29, 1990 | 304 | ||||
16 | Motoji Kondō | December 29, 1990 | November 5, 1991 | 311 | ||||
17 | Masami Tanabu | November 5, 1991 | August 4, 1993 | 638 | Kiichi Miyazawa | |||
18 | Kiichi Miyazawa | August 4, 1993 | August 9, 1993 | 5 | ||||
19 | Eijiro Hata | August 9, 1993 | April 28, 1994 | 262 | Morihiro Hosokawa | |||
ー (9) |
Tsutomu Hata (Acting) |
April 28, 1994 | April 28, 1994 | 0 | Tsutomu Hata | |||
20 (10) |
Mutsuki Kato | April 28, 1994 | June 30, 1994 | 63 | ||||
21 | Taichiro Ōkawara | June 30, 1994 | August 8, 1995 | 404 | Tomiichi Murayama | |||
22 | Hosei Norota | August 8, 1995 | January 11, 1996 | 156 | ||||
23 | Ichizo Ōhara | January 11, 1996 | November 7, 1996 | 301 | Ryutaro Hashimoto | |||
24 | Takao Fujimoto | November 7, 1996 | September 11, 1997 | 308 | ||||
25 | Ihei Ochi | September 11, 1997 | September 26, 1997 | 15 | ||||
26 | Yoshinobu Shimamura | September 26, 1997 | July 30, 1998 | 307 | ||||
27 | Shōichi Nakagawa | July 30, 1998 | October 5, 1999 | 432 | Keizō Obuchi | |||
28 | Tokuichiro Tamazawa | October 5, 1999 | July 4, 2000 | 273 | Keizō Obuchi | |||
Yoshirō Mori | ||||||||
29 | Yoichi Tani | July 4, 2000 | December 5, 2000 | 154 | ||||
30 | Yoshio Yatsu | December 5, 2000 | April 26, 2001 | 142 | ||||
31 | Tsutomu Takebe | April 26, 2001 | September 30, 2002 | 522 | Junichiro Koizumi | |||
32 | Tadamori Ōshima | September 30, 2002 | April 1, 2003 | 183 | ||||
33 | Yoshiyuki Kamei | April 1, 2003 | September 27, 2004 | 545 | ||||
34 (26) |
Yoshinobu Shimamura | September 27, 2004 | August 8, 2005 | 315 | ||||
35 | Junichiro Koizumi | August 8, 2005 | August 11, 2005 | 3 | ||||
36 | Mineichi Iwanaga | August 11, 2005 | October 31, 2005 | 81 | ||||
37 (27) |
Shōichi Nakagawa | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 | ||||
38 | Toshikatsu Matsuoka | September 26, 2006 | May 28, 2007 | 244 | Shinzo Abe | |||
ー | Masatoshi Wakabayashi (Acting) |
May 28, 2007 | June 1, 2007 | 4 | ||||
39 | Norihiko Akagi | June 1, 2007 | August 1, 2007 | 61 | ||||
40 | Masatoshi Wakabayashi | August 1, 2007 | August 27, 2007 | 26 | ||||
41 | Takehiko Endo | August 27, 2007 | September 3, 2007 | 7 | ||||
ー | Akira Amari (Acting) |
September 3, 2007 | September 4, 2007 | 1 | ||||
42 (40) |
Masatoshi Wakabayashi | September 4, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | 333 | Shinzo Abe | |||
Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
43 | Seiichi Ōta | August 2, 2008 | September 19, 2008 | 48 | ||||
ー | Nobutaka Machimura (Acting) |
September 19, 2008 | September 26, 2008 | 7 | ||||
44 | Shigeru Ishiba | September 26, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 355 | Tarō Asō | |||
45 | Hirotaka Akamatsu | September 16, 2009 | June 8, 2010 | 265 | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
46 | Masahiko Yamada | June 8, 2010 | September 17, 2010 | 101 | Naoto Kan | |||
47 (14) |
Michihiko Kano | September 17, 2010 | June 4, 2012 | 626 | Naoto Kan | |||
Yoshihiko Noda | ||||||||
48 | Akira Gunji | June 4, 2012 | December 16, 2012 | 205 | ||||
49 | Yoshimasa Hayashi | December 16, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 616 | Shinzo Abe | |||
50 | Koya Nishikawa | September 3, 2014 | February 23, 2015 | 173 | ||||
51 | Yoshimasa Hayashi | February 23, 2015 | October 7, 2015 | 226 | ||||
52 | Hiroshi Moriyama | October 7, 2015 | August 3, 2016 | 301 | ||||
53 | Yūji Yamamoto | August 3, 2016 | August 3, 2017 | 365 | ||||
54 | Ken Saitō | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | ||||
55 | Takamori Yoshikawa | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | ||||
56 | Taku Etō | September 11, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | 371 | ||||
57 | Kōtarō Nogami | September 16, 2020 | October 4, 2021 | 383 | Yoshihide Suga | |||
58 | Genjirō Kaneko | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | |||
59 | Tetsuro Nomura | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 399 | ||||
60 | Ichiro Miyashita | September 13, 2023 | December 14, 2023 | 92 | ||||
61 | Tetsushi Sakamoto | December 14, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 292 | ||||
62 | Yasuhiro Ozato | October 1, 2024 | November 11, 2024 | 41 | Shigeru Ishiba | |||
63 (56) |
Taku Etō | November 11, 2024 | Incumbent | 9 |