List of presidents of the House of Councillors (Japan)
List of Presidents (gichō) and Vice Presidents (fuku-gichō) of the House of Councillors.
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Note: Many Presidents and Vice Presidents leave their parliamentary group during their tenure and formally become independents, but retain their membership of the wider party. Kenzō Kōno also gave up his party membership after being elected as President.
Presidents of the House of Councillors
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The residence of the President of the House of Councillors (Sangiin gichō kōtei) in Nagatachō, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo is mainly used for official occasions such as reception of state guests. The residence of the Vice President is located in Azabu-Nagasakachō in Minato ward.
Name | Party | Entered Office | Left Office |
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Tsuneo Matsudaira | Ryokufūkai | May 20, 1947 | November 14, 1949 |
Naotake Satō | Ryokufūkai | November 15, 1949 | May 19, 1953 |
Yahachi Kawai | Ryokufūkai | May 19, 1953 | April 3, 1956 |
Tsuruhei Matsuno | Ryokufūkai | April 3, 1956 | August 6, 1962 |
Yūzō Shigemune | LDP | August 6, 1962 | July 17, 1971 |
Kenzō Kōno | LDP (Ind.) | July 17, 1971 | July 3, 1977 |
Ken Yasui | LDP | July 28, 1977 | July 7, 1980 |
Masatoshi Tokunaga | LDP | July 17, 1980 | July 9, 1983 |
Mutsuo Kimura | LDP | July 18, 1983 | July 22, 1986 |
Masaaki Fujita | LDP | July 22, 1986 | September 30, 1988 |
Yoshihiro Tsuchiya | LDP | September 30, 1988 | October 4, 1991 |
Yūji Osada | LDP | October 4, 1991 | July 9, 1992 |
Bunbē Hara | LDP | August 7, 1992 | July 22, 1995 |
Jūrō Saitō | LDP | August 4, 1995 | October 19, 2000 |
Yutaka Inoue | LDP | October 19, 2000 | April 22, 2002 |
Hiroyuki Kurata | LDP | April 22, 2002 | July 30, 2004 |
Chikage Ōgi | LDP | July 30, 2004 | July 28, 2007 |
Satsuki Eda | DPJ | July 28, 2007 | July 25, 2010 |
Takeo Nishioka | DPJ | July 30, 2010 | November 5, 2011 |
Kenji Hirata | DPJ | November 14, 2011 | July 28, 2013 |
Masaaki Yamazaki | LDP | August 2, 2013 | July 25, 2016 |
Chuichi Date | LDP | August 1, 2016 | July 28, 2019 |
Akiko Santō | LDP | August 1, 2019 | Incumbent |
Vice Presidents of the House of Councillors
Name | Party | Entered Office | Left Office |
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Jiichirō Matsumoto | JSP | May 20, 1947 | February 25, 1949 |
Kisaku Matsushima | DLP | March 26, 1949 | May 2, 1950 |
Jirō Miki | JSP | July 12, 1950 | May 2, 1953 |
Yūzō Shigemune | LP | May 19, 1953 | May 9, 1956 |
Yutaka Terao | LDP | May 9, 1956 | June 12, 1958 |
Tarō Hirai | LDP | June 16, 1958 | July 7, 1962 |
Yōtoku Shigemasa | LDP | August 6, 1962 | June 1, 1965 |
Kenzō Kōno | LDP | July 30, 1965 | August 8, 1968 |
Ken Yasui | LDP | August 3, 1968 | July 17, 1971 |
Yasoichi Mori | LDP | July 17, 1971 | July 7, 1974 |
Kazuo Maeda | LDP | July 27, 1974 | July 28, 1977 |
Kan Kase | JSP | July 28, 1977 | August 30, 1979 |
Chōzō Akiyama | JSP | August 30, 1979 | July 9, 1983 |
Noboru Agune | JSP | July 18, 1983 | July 7, 1986 |
Hideyuki Seya | JSP | July 22, 1986 | August 7, 1989 |
Akira Ono | JSP | August 7, 1989 | April 19, 1990 |
Ippei Koyama | JSP | April 25, 1990 | July 7, 1992 |
Misao Akagiri | JSP | August 7, 1992 | August 4, 1995 |
Kanpei Matsuo | NFP | August 4, 1995 | July 25, 1998 |
Hisamitsu Sugano | DPJ | July 30, 1999 | July 22, 2001 |
Shōji Motooka | DPJ | August 7, 2001 | July 25, 2004 |
Giichi Tsunoda | DPJ | July 30, 2004 | January 30, 2007 |
Akira Imaizumi | DPJ | January 30, 2007 | July 28, 2007 |
Akiko Santō | LDP | August 7, 2007 | July 30, 2010 |
Hidehisa Otsuji | LDP | July 30, 2010 | December 26, 2012 |
Masaaki Yamazaki | LDP | December 26, 2012 | August 2, 2013 |
Azuma Koshiishi | DPJ | August 2, 2013 | July 25, 2016 |
Akira Gunji | DP → Ind. | August 1, 2016 | August 1, 2019 |
Toshio Ogawa | CDP | August 1, 2019 | Incumbent |
Sources
- House of Councillors: List of Presidents and Vice Presidents (in Japanese)
- Rulers.org
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