List of presidents of the House of Councillors (Japan)
List of presidents (gichō) and vice presidents (fuku-gichō) of the House of Councillors.
Presidents of the House of Councillors
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 |
Chūichi Date | LDP | August 1, 2016 | July 28, 2019 |
Akiko Santō | LDP | August 1, 2019 | August 4, 2022 |
Hidehisa Otsuji | LDP | August 4, 2022 | Incumbent |
List Of Presidents Of The House Of Councillors (Japan) Media
President Akiko Santo with House Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on 12 January 2022
Other websites
- House of Councillors: List of Presidents and Vice Presidents (in Japanese)
- Rulers.org