Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Emblem of the Government of Japan
since 1 October 2024
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofCabinet of Japan
Reports toPrime Minister of Japan
NominatorPrime Minister of Japan
AppointerEmperor of Japan
attested to by the Emperor
PrecursorMinister of Health
Minister of Labor
FormationJanuary 6, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-06)
DeputyState Minister of Health and Labour
Salary¥20,916,000

The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣, Kousei-Rodou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

Minister Takamaro Fukuoka took office on 1 October 2024.

List of ministers of health, labour and welfare (2001–)

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  Liberal Democratic
  Democratic
  Komeito

Minister Term of office Prime Minister
# Portrait Name Took office Left office Days
1 Chikara Sakaguchi January 6, 2001 September 27, 2004 1360 Yoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
2 Hidehisa Otsuji September 27, 2004 October 31, 2005 399
3 Jirō Kawasaki October 31, 2005 September 26, 2006 330
4 Hakuo Yanagisawa September 26, 2006 August 27, 2007 335 Shinzō Abe
5 Yōichi Masuzoe August 27, 2007 September 16, 2009 751
Yasuo Fukuda
Tarō Asō
6 Akira Nagatsuma September 16, 2009 September 17, 2010 366 Yukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
7 Ritsuo Hosokawa September 17, 2010 September 2, 2011 350
8 Yoko Komiyama September 2, 2011 October 1, 2012 395 Yoshihiko Noda
9 Wakio Mitsui October 1, 2012 December 26, 2012 86
10 Norihisa Tamura December 26, 2012 September 3, 2014 616 Shinzō Abe
11 Yasuhisa Shiozaki September 3, 2014 August 3, 2017 1065
12 Katsunobu Katō August 3, 2017 October 2, 2018 425
13 Takumi Nemoto October 2, 2018 September 11, 2019 344
(12) Katsunobu Katō September 11, 2019 September 16, 2020 371
(10) Norihisa Tamura September 16, 2020 October 4, 2021 383 Yoshihide Suga
14 Shigeyuki Goto October 4, 2021 August 10, 2022 310 Fumio Kishida
(12) Katsunobu Katō August 10, 2022 September 13, 2023 399
15 Keizō Takemi September 13, 2023 October 1, 2024 384
16 Takamaro Fukuoka October 1, 2024 Incumbent 79 Shigeru Ishiba

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