The secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party (自由民主党幹事長, Jiyū-Minshutō Kanjichō) is a high-ranking position within the Japanese conservative party, the Liberal Democratic Party.[1] According to the LDP constitution, the secretary-general assists the party president in their duties.[2]
| Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
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| 自由民主党幹事長 | |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | |
| Type | Party secretary-general |
| Appointer | President |
| Inaugural holder | Nobusuke Kishi |
| Formation | November 1955 |
| Deputy | Deputy secretaries-general |
As the LDP vice president is a largely ceremonial position, the secretary-general is de facto the second-most-powerful person in the party.[1] The secretary-general is authorized to raise political donations and controls the party finances. The secretary-general holds the final authority over the list of LDP-backed candidates for the National Diet elections. The secretary-general oversees the LDP Diet Affairs Committee, responsible for steering party-supported bills through both chambers of the Diet, and appoints its chairman.[2] The secretary-general also oversees key LDP organizations such as the personnel, treasury, information research and international bureaus.[1]
The secretary-general is appointed by the president after the formal approval of the LDP General Council. The secretary-general is assisted by up to 30 deputy secretaries-general, appointed by the secretary-general with the approval of the General Council, one of whom is appointed as the acting secretary-general.[1] The current secretary-general is Toshimitsu Motegi, appointed on 4 November 2021.[3]
List of officeholders
edit| No. | President
(birth–death) |
Portrait | Constituency or title | Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobusuke Kishi (1896–1987) |
|
Rep for
Yamaguchi 1st |
November 1955 | December 1956 | Ichirō Hatoyama |
| 2 | Takeo Miki (1907–1988) |
|
Rep for
Tokushima At-large |
December 1956 | July 1957 | Tanzan Ishibashi |
| Nobusuke Kishi | ||||||
| 3 | Shojiro Kawashima (1890–1970) |
|
Rep for
Chiba 1st |
July 1957 | January 1959 | |
| 4 | Takeo Fukuda (1905–1995) |
|
Rep for | January 1959 | June 1959 | |
| 5 | Shojiro Kawashima (1890–1970) |
|
Rep for
Chiba 1st |
June 1959 | July 1960 | |
| 5 | Shūji Masutani (1888–1973) |
|
Rep for
Ishikawa 2nd |
July 1960 | July 1961 | Hayato Ikeda |
| 6 | Shigesaburō Maeo (1905–1981) |
|
Rep for
Kyoto 2nd |
July 1961 | July 1964 | |
| 7 | Takeo Miki (1907–1988) |
|
Rep for
Tokushima At-large |
July 1964 | June 1965 | |
| Eisaku Satō | ||||||
| 8 | Kakuei Tanaka (1918–1993) |
|
Rep for
Niigata 3rd |
June 1965 | December 1966 | |
| 9 | Takeo Fukuda (1905–1995) |
|
Rep for | December 1966 | November 1968 | |
| 10 | Kakuei Tanaka (1918–1993) |
|
Rep for
Niigata 3rd |
November 1968 | June 1971 | |
| 11 | Shigeru Hori (1901–1979) |
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|
Rep for
Saga At-large |
June 1971 | July 1972 | |
| 12 | Tomisaburo Hashimoto (1901–1990) |
|
Rep for
Ibaraki 1st |
July 1972 | November 1974 | Kakuei Tanaka |
| 13 | Susumu Nikaidō (1909–2000) |
|
Rep for
Kagoshima 3rd |
November 1974 | December 1974 | |
| 14 | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918–2019) |
|
Rep for | December 1974 | September 1976 | Takeo Miki |
| 15 | Tsuneo Uchida (1907–1977) |
Rep for
Yamanashi At-large |
September 1976 | December 1976 | ||
| 16 | Masayoshi Ōhira (1910–1980) |
|
Rep for Kagawa 2nd | December 1976 | December 1978 | Takeo Fukuda |
| 17 | Kunikichi Saito (1909–1992) |
Rep for
Fukushima 3rd |
December 1978 | November 1979 | Masayoshi Ōhira | |
| 18 | Yoshio Sakurauchi (1912–2003) |
|
Rep for
Shimane At-Large |
November 1979 | November 1981 | |
| Zenkō Suzuki | ||||||
| 19 | Susumu Nikaidō (1909–2000) |
|
Rep for
Kagoshima 3rd |
November 1981 | December 1983 | |
| Yasuhiro Nakasone | ||||||
| 20 | Rokusuke Tanaka (1923–1985) |
Rep for
Fukuoka 4th |
December 1983 | October 1984 | ||
| 21 | Shin Kanemaru (1914–1996) |
|
Rep for
Yamanashi At-large |
October 1984 | July 1986 | |
| 22 | Noboru Takeshita (1924–2000) |
|
Rep for
Shimane At-large |
July 1986 | October 1987 | |
| 23 | Shintaro Abe (1924–1991) |
|
Rep for
Yamaguchi 1st |
October 1987 | June 1989 | Noboru Takeshita |
| 24 | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937–2006) |
|
Rep for | June 1989 | August 1989 | Sōsuke Uno |
| 25 | Ichirō Ozawa (b. 1957) |
|
Rep for
Iwate 2nd |
August 1989 | April 1991 | Toshiki Kaifu |
| 26 | Keizō Obuchi (1937–2000) |
|
Rep for | April 1991 | October 1991 | |
| 27 | Tamisuke Watanuki (b. 1927) |
|
Rep for
Toyama 2nd |
October 1991 | December 1992 | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| 28 | Seiroku Kajiyama (1926–2000) |
|
Rep for
Ibaraki 2nd |
December 1992 | July 1993 | |
| 29 | Yoshirō Mori (b. 1937) |
|
Rep for | July 1993 | August 1995 | Yōhei Kōno |
| 30 | Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (1927–2004) |
|
Rep for
Miyagi 3rd |
August 1995 | October 1995 | |
| 31 | Koichi Kato (1939–2016) |
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|
Rep for
Yamagata 3rd |
October 1995 | July 1998 | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| 32 | Yoshirō Mori (b. 1937) |
|
Rep for | July 1998 | April 2000 | Keizō Obuchi |
| 33 | Hiromu Nonaka (1925–2018) |
|
Rep for
Kyoto 4th |
April 2000 | December 2000 | Yoshirō Mori |
| 34 | Makoto Koga (b. 1940) |
|
Rep for
Fukuoka 7th |
December 2000 | April 2001 | |
| 35 | Taku Yamasaki (b. 1936) |
|
Rep for
Fukuoka 2nd |
April 2001 | September 2003 | Junichiro Koizumi |
| 36 | Shinzo Abe (1954–2022) |
|
Rep for | 22 September 2003 | 24 September 2004 | |
| 37 | Tsutomu Takebe (b. 1941) |
|
Rep for
Hokkaido At-Large |
September 2004 | September 2006 | |
| 38 | Hidenao Nakagawa (b. 1944) |
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|
Rep for
Hiroshima 4th |
September 2006 | August 2007 | Shinzo Abe |
| 39 | Tarō Asō (b. 1940) |
|
Rep for | August 2007 | September 2007 | |
| 40 | Bunmei Ibuki (b. 1938) |
|
Rep for
Kyoto 1st |
September 2007 | August 2008 | Yasuo Fukuda |
| 41 | Tarō Asō (b. 1940) |
|
Rep for | August 2008 | September 2008 | |
| 42 | Hiroyuki Hosoda (1944-2023) |
|
Rep for
Shimane 1st |
22 September 2008 | 29 September 2009 | Tarō Asō |
| 43 | Tadamori Ōshima (b. 1946) |
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|
Rep for
Aomori 3rd |
September 2009 | September 2010 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 44 | Nobuteru Ishihara (b. 1957) |
|
Rep for
Tokyo 8th |
September 2010 | September 2012 | |
| 45 | Shigeru Ishiba (b. 1957) |
|
Rep for | 26 September 2012 | 3 September 2014 | Shinzo Abe |
| 46 | Sadakazu Tanigaki (b. 1945) |
|
Rep for | 3 September 2014 | 3 August 2016 | |
| 47 | Toshihiro Nikai (b. 1939) |
|
Rep for | 4 August 2016 | 1 October 2021 | |
| Yoshihide Suga | ||||||
| 48 | Akira Amari (b. 1949) |
|
Rep for | 1 October 2021 | 4 November 2021 | Fumio Kishida |
| 49 | Toshimitsu Motegi (b. 1955) |
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Rep for
Tochigi 5th |
4 November 2021 | 30 September 2024 | |
| 50 | Hiroshi Moriyama (b. 1945) |
|
Rep for
Kagoshima 4th |
30 September 2024 | Incumbent | Shigeru Ishiba |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Johnston, Eric (22 September 2021). "The LDP's secretary-general: A combination of CEO and diplomat". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ a b "LDP Constitution: Chapter II Executive Bodies". Liberal Democratic Party. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Kishida set to tap Yoshimasa Hayashi as foreign minister". The Asahi Shimbun. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2023.