Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
(Redirected from Minister of International Trade and Industry (Japan))
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業大臣, Keizai-Sangyou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | |
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since 1 October 2024 | |
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | |
Style | His Excellency |
Member of | Cabinet of Japan National Security Council |
Reports to | Prime Minister of Japan |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Japan |
Appointer | Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor |
Precursor | Minister of International Trade and Industry |
Formation | January 6, 2001 |
Deputy | State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The current minister is Yoji Muto, who took office on 1 October 2024.
List of ministers of economy, trade and industry (2001–)
editMinister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
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# | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
1 | Takeo Hiranuma | January 6, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | 989 | Yoshiro Mori | |||
Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
2 | Shoichi Nakagawa | September 22, 2003 | October 31, 2005 | 770 | ||||
3 | Toshihiro Nikai (1st) |
October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 | ||||
4 | Akira Amari | September 26, 2006 | August 2, 2008 | 676 | Shinzō Abe | |||
Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
(3) | Toshihiro Nikai (2nd) | August 2, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 410 | ||||
Tarō Asō | ||||||||
5 | Masayuki Naoshima | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | 366 | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
Naoto Kan | ||||||||
6 | Akihiro Ohata | September 17, 2010 | January 14, 2011 | 119 | ||||
7 | Banri Kaieda | January 14, 2011 | September 2, 2011 | 231 | ||||
8 | Yoshio Hachiro | September 2, 2011 | September 11, 2011 | 9 | Yoshihiko Noda | |||
9 | Yukio Edano | September 12, 2011 | December 26, 2012 | 471 | ||||
10 | Toshimitsu Motegi | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 616 | Shinzō Abe | |||
11 | Yūko Obuchi | September 3, 2014 | October 21, 2014 | 48 | ||||
12 | Yoichi Miyazawa | October 21, 2014 | October 7, 2015 | 351 | ||||
13 | Motoo Hayashi | October 7, 2015 | August 3, 2016 | 301 | ||||
14 | Hiroshige Sekō | August 3, 2016 | September 11, 2019 | 1134 | ||||
15 | Isshu Sugawara | September 11, 2019 | October 25, 2019 | 44 | ||||
16 | Hiroshi Kajiyama | October 25, 2019 | October 4, 2021 | 710 | Yoshihide Suga | |||
17 | Kōichi Hagiuda | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | |||
18 | Yasutoshi Nishimura | August 10, 2022 | December 14, 2023 | 491 | ||||
19 | Ken Saitō | December 14, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 292 | ||||
20 | Yoji Muto | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 51 | Shigeru Ishiba |
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