Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
自由民主党幹事長
Incumbent
Toshimitsu Motegi
since 4 November 2021
Liberal Democratic Party
TypeParty secretary-general
AppointerPresident
Inaugural holderNobusuke Kishi
FormationNovember 1955
DeputyDeputy Secretary-Generals

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]

As the LDP vice president is a largely ceremonial position, the secretary-general 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 secretary-generals, 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

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

Gunma 3rd

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

Gunma 3rd

December 1966 November 1968
10 Kakuei Tanaka
(1918–1993)
Rep for

Niigata 3rd

November 1968 June 1971
11 Shigeru Hori
(1901–1979)
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

Gunma 3rd

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

Okayama 4th

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

Gunma 5th

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

Ishikawa 2nd

July 1993 August 1995 Yōhei Kōno
30 Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
(1927–2004)
Rep for

Miyagi 3rd

August 1995 October 1995
31 Koichi Kato
(1939–2016)
Rep for

Yamagata 3rd

October 1995 July 1998 Ryutaro Hashimoto
32 Yoshirō Mori
(b. 1937)
Rep for

Ishikawa 2nd

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 Tamisuke Watanuki
(b. 1936)
Rep for

Fukuoka 2nd

April 2001 September 2003 Junichiro Koizumi
36 Shinzo Abe
(1954–2022)
Rep for

Yamaguchi 4th

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)
Rep for

Hiroshima 4th

September 2006 August 2007 Shinzo Abe
39 Tarō Asō
(b. 1940)
Rep for

Fukuoka 8th

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

Fukuoka 8th

August 2008 September 2008
42 Hiroyuki Hosoda
(b. 1944)
Rep for

Shimane 1st

22 September 2008 29 September 2009 Tarō Asō
43 Tadamori Ōshima
(b. 1946)
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

Tottori 1st

26 September 2012 3 September 2014 Shinzo Abe
46 Sadakazu Tanigaki
(b. 1945)
Rep for

Kyoto 5th

3 September 2014 3 August 2016
47 Toshihiro Nikai
(b. 1939)
Rep for

Wakayama 3rd

4 August 2016 1 October 2021
Yoshihide Suga
48 Akira Amari
(b. 1949)
Rep for

Southern Kanto proportional

1 October 2021 4 November 2021 Fumio Kishida
49 Toshimitsu Motegi
(b. 1955)
Rep for

Tochigi 1st

4 November 2021 Incumbent

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Johnston, Eric (22 September 2021). "The LDP's secretary-general: A combination of CEO and diplomat". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 "LDP Constitution: Chapter II Executive Bodies". Liberal Democratic Party. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. "Kishida set to tap Yoshimasa Hayashi as foreign minister". The Asahi Shimbun. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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