Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Incumbent Hiroshi Kajiyama since 25 October 2019
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; 20 years ago (2001-01-06)
Deputy	Administrative Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Salary	¥20,916,000

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 officer 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.

The current minister is Hiroshi Kajiyama, who took office on September 16, 2020.

List of Ministers of Economy, Trade and Industry[]

  Liberal Democratic
  Democratic

Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	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
14			Isshu Sugawara	September 11, 2019	October 25, 2019	44
15			Hiroshi Kajiyama	October 25, 2019	Incumbent	697
								Yoshihide Suga

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