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| Prime Minister | Date of birth | Premiership |
|---|---|---|
| Morihiro Hosokawa | 14 January 1938 | 1993–1994 |
| Tomiichi Murayama | 3 March 1924 | 1994–1996 |
| Yoshirō Mori | 14 July 1937 | 2000–2001 |
| Junichiro Koizumi | 8 January 1942 | 2001–2006 |
| Yasuo Fukuda | 16 July 1936 | 2007–2008 |
| Tarō Asō | 20 September 1940 | 2008–2009 |
| Yukio Hatoyama | 11 February 1947 | 2009–2010 |
| Naoto Kan | 10 October 1946 | 2010–2011 |
| Yoshihiko Noda | 20 May 1957 | 2011–2012 |
| Yoshihide Suga | 6 December 1948 | 2020–2021 |
| Fumio Kishida | 29 July 1957 | 2021–present |
This is a list of prime ministers of Japan by age, including when they were born, what age they were when they were appointed prime minister, what age they were when they left the office and the age at which they died, or their current age as of 27 May 2024 if they are still alive. The table can be sorted by each different category.
The date of appointment is the date on which they were appointed by the emperor for their first term. The day on which they departed office is the final day of their final term. This is either the day a new prime minister was appointed or their date of death if they died whilst in office.
Overview[edit]
The oldest living prime minister is Tomiichi Murayama, born 3 March 1924 (aged 100 years, 85 days). The youngest living prime minister is Fumio Kishida (incumbent), born 29 July 1957 (aged 66 years, 303 days).
The longest-lived prime minister was Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni who lived to the age of 102 years, 48 days. Yasuhiro Nakasone was the second longest-lived prime minister who lived to the age of 101 years, 186 days. The second oldest-living prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, will tie Nakasone if he lives to 16 January 2038. The shortest-lived prime minister was Fumimaro Konoe, who died at the age of 54 years, 65 days.
The prime minister with the longest retirement is Higashikuni. He left office on 9 October 1945, and died 44 years, and 103 days later on 20 January 1990. The prime minister with the shortest retirement is Keizō Obuchi, who died on 14 May 2000, 39 days after he left office on 5 April 2000.
Key:
Living
Currently in office
- a indicates the prime minister died in office
| # | Prime minister | Date of birth | Start date of (first) term | Age at beginning of (first) term | End date of (final) term | Age at leaving office | Total time in office | Total time after leaving office | Date of death | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itō Hirobumi | 16 October 1841 | 22 December 1885 | 44 years, 67 days | 10 May 1901 | 59 years, 206 days | 2,716 days | 8 years, 169 days | 26 October 1909 | 68 years, 10 days (24,846 days) |
| 2 | Kuroda Kiyotaka | 9 November 1840 | 30 April 1888 | 47 years, 173 days | 25 October 1889 | 48 years, 350 days | 543 days | 10 years, 302 days | 23 August 1900 | 59 years, 287 days (21,836 days) |
| 3 | Yamagata Aritomo | 14 June 1838 | 24 December 1889 | 51 years, 193 days | 19 October 1900 | 62 years, 127 days | 1,208 days | 21 years, 105 days | 1 February 1922 | 83 years, 232 days (30,547 days) |
| 4 | Matsukata Masayoshi | 23 March 1835 | 6 May 1891 | 56 years, 44 days | 12 January 1898 | 62 years, 295 days | 941 days | 26 years, 172 days | 2 July 1924 | 89 years, 101 days (32,608 days) |
| 5 | Ōkuma Shigenobu | 11 March 1838 | 30 June 1898 | 60 years, 111 days | 9 October 1916 | 78 years, 212 days | 1,038 days | 5 years, 93 days | 10 January 1922 | 83 years, 305 days (30,620 days) |
| 6 | Katsura Tarō | 4 January 1848 | 2 June 1901 | 53 years, 149 days | 20 February 1913 | 65 years, 47 days | 2,883 days | 232 days | 10 October 1913 | 65 years, 279 days (24,020 days) |
| 7 | Saionji Kinmochi | 7 December 1849 | 7 January 1906 | 56 years, 31 days | 21 December 1912 | 63 years, 14 days | 1,398 days | 27 years, 339 days | 24 November 1940 | 90 years, 353 days (33,224 days) |
| 8 | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe | 26 November 1852 | 20 February 1913 | 60 years, 86 days | 7 January 1924 | 71 years, 42 days | 547 days | 9 years, 335 days | 8 December 1933 | 81 years, 12 days (29,596 days) |
| 9 | Terauchi Masatake | 24 February 1852 | 9 October 1916 | 64 years, 228 days | 29 September 1918 | 66 years, 217 days | 720 days | 1 year, 35 days | 3 November 1919 | 67 years, 252 days (24,723 days) |
| 10 | Hara Takashi | 15 March 1856 | 29 September 1918 | 62 years, 198 days | 4 November 1921 | 65 years, 234 days | 1,132 days | 0 days | 4 November 1921a | 65 years, 234 days (23,974 days) |
| 11 | Takahashi Korekiyo | 19 September 1853 | 13 November 1920 | 67 years, 55 days | 12 June 1923 | 69 years, 266 days | 941 days | 12 years, 259 days | 26 February 1936 | 82 years, 160 days (30,109 days) |
| 12 | Katō Tomosaburō | 1 April 1861 | 12 June 1922 | 61 years, 72 days | 24 August 1923 | 62 years, 145 days | 438 days | 0 days | 24 August 1923a | 62 years, 145 days (22,789 days) |
| 13 | Kiyoura Keigo | 27 March 1850 | 7 January 1924 | 73 years, 286 days | 11 June 1924 | 74 years, 76 days | 156 days | 18 years, 147 days | 5 November 1942 | 92 years, 223 days (33,825 days) |
| 14 | Katō Takaaki | 25 January 1860 | 11 June 1924 | 64 years, 138 days | 28 January 1926 | 66 years, 3 days | 596 days | 0 days | 28 January 1926a | 66 years, 3 days (24,109 days) |
| 15 | Wakatsuki Reijirō | 21 March 1866 | 30 January 1926 | 59 years, 315 days | 13 December 1931 | 65 years, 267 days | 688 days | 17 years, 342 days | 20 November 1949 | 83 years, 244 days (30,559 days) |
| 16 | Tanaka Giichi | 25 July 1864 | 20 April 1927 | 62 years, 269 days | 2 July 1929 | 64 years, 342 days | 804 days | 89 days | 29 September 1929 | 65 years, 66 days (23,806 days) |
| 17 | Hamaguchi Osachi | 1 May 1870 | 2 July 1929 | 59 years, 62 days | 14 April 1931 | 60 years, 348 days | 651 days | 134 days | 26 August 1931 | 61 years, 117 days (22,396 days) |
| 18 | Inukai Tsuyoshi | 4 June 1855 | 13 December 1931 | 76 years, 192 days | 15 May 1932 | 76 years, 346 days | 154 days | 0 days | 15 May 1932a | 76 years, 346 days (28,104 days) |
| 19 | Saitō Makoto | 2 December 1858 | 26 May 1932 | 73 years, 176 days | 8 July 1934 | 75 years, 218 days | 773 days | 1 year, 233 days | 26 February 1936 | 77 years, 86 days (28,209 days) |
| 20 | Keisuke Okada | 14 February 1868 | 8 July 1934 | 66 years, 144 days | 9 March 1936 | 68 years, 24 days | 610 days | 16 years, 222 days | 17 October 1952 | 84 years, 246 days (30,926 days) |
| 21 | Kōki Hirota | 14 February 1878 | 9 March 1936 | 58 years, 24 days | 2 February 1937 | 58 years, 354 days | 330 days | 11 years, 325 days | 23 December 1948 | 70 years, 313 days (25,879 days) |
| 22 | Senjūrō Hayashi | 23 February 1876 | 2 February 1937 | 60 years, 345 days | 4 June 1937 | 61 years, 101 days | 122 days | 5 years, 245 days | 4 February 1943 | 66 years, 346 days (24,452 days) |
| 23 | Fumimaro Konoe | 12 October 1891 | 4 June 1937 | 45 years, 235 days | 18 October 1941 | 50 years, 6 days | 1,033 days | 4 years, 59 days | 16 December 1945 | 54 years, 65 days (19,788 days) |
| 24 | Hiranuma Kiichirō | 25 October 1867 | 5 January 1939 | 71 years, 72 days | 30 August 1939 | 71 years, 309 days | 237 days | 12 years, 358 days | 22 August 1952 | 84 years, 302 days (30,982 days) |
| 25 | Nobuyuki Abe | 24 November 1875 | 30 August 1939 | 63 years, 279 days | 16 January 1940 | 64 years, 53 days | 139 days | 13 years, 234 days | 7 September 1953 | 77 years, 287 days (28,411 days) |
| 26 | Mitsumasa Yonai | 2 March 1880 | 16 January 1940 | 59 years, 320 days | 22 July 1940 | 60 years, 142 days | 188 days | 7 years, 273 days | 20 April 1948 | 68 years, 49 days (24,885 days) |
| 27 | Hideki Tojo | 30 December 1884 | 18 October 1941 | 56 years, 292 days | 22 July 1944 | 59 years, 205 days | 1,008 days | 4 years, 154 days | 23 December 1948 | 63 years, 359 days (23,368 days) |
| 28 | Kuniaki Koiso | 22 March 1880 | 22 July 1944 | 64 years, 122 days | 7 April 1945 | 65 years, 16 days | 259 days | 5 years, 210 days | 3 November 1950 | 70 years, 226 days (25,792 days) |
| 29 | Kantarō Suzuki | 18 January 1868 | 7 April 1945 | 77 years, 79 days | 17 August 1945 | 77 years, 211 days | 132 days | 2 years, 244 days | 17 April 1948 | 80 years, 90 days (29,309 days) |
| 30 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | 3 December 1887 | 17 August 1945 | 57 years, 257 days | 9 October 1945 | 57 years, 310 days | 53 days | 44 years, 103 days | 20 January 1990 | 102 years, 48 days (37,303 days) |
| 31 | Kijūrō Shidehara | 13 September 1872 | 9 October 1945 | 73 years, 26 days | 22 May 1946 | 73 years, 251 days | 225 days | 4 years, 292 days | 10 March 1951 | 78 years, 178 days (28,666 days) |
| 32 | Shigeru Yoshida | 22 September 1878 | 22 May 1946 | 67 years, 242 days | 10 December 1954 | 76 years, 79 days | 2,614 days | 12 years, 314 days | 20 October 1967 | 89 years, 28 days (32,534 days) |
| 33 | Tetsu Katayama | 28 July 1887 | 24 May 1947 | 59 years, 300 days | 10 March 1948 | 60 years, 226 days | 291 days | 30 years, 81 days | 30 May 1978 | 90 years, 306 days (33,178 days) |
| 34 | Hitoshi Ashida | 15 November 1887 | 10 March 1948 | 60 years, 116 days | 15 October 1948 | 60 years, 335 days | 219 days | 10 years, 248 days | 20 June 1959 | 71 years, 217 days (26,149 days) |
| 35 | Ichirō Hatoyama | 1 January 1883 | 10 December 1954 | 71 years, 343 days | 23 December 1956 | 73 years, 357 days | 744 days | 2 years, 74 days | 7 March 1959 | 76 years, 65 days (27,823 days) |
| 36 | Tanzan Ishibashi | 25 September 1884 | 23 December 1956 | 72 years, 89 days | 25 February 1957 | 72 years, 153 days | 64 days | 16 years, 59 days | 25 April 1973 | 88 years, 212 days (32,353 days) |
| 37 | Nobusuke Kishi | 13 November 1896 | 25 February 1957 | 60 years, 104 days | 19 July 1960 | 63 years, 249 days | 1,240 days | 27 years, 19 days | 7 August 1987 | 90 years, 267 days (33,138 days) |
| 38 | Hayato Ikeda | 3 December 1899 | 19 July 1960 | 60 years, 229 days | 9 November 1964 | 64 years, 342 days | 1,574 days | 277 days | 13 August 1965 | 65 years, 253 days (23,994 days) |
| 39 | Eisaku Satō | 27 March 1901 | 9 November 1964 | 63 years, 227 days | 7 July 1972 | 71 years, 102 days | 2,797 days | 2 years, 331 days | 3 June 1975 | 74 years, 68 days (0 days) |
| 40 | Kakuei Tanaka | 4 May 1918 | 7 July 1972 | 54 years, 64 days | 9 December 1974 | 56 years, 219 days | 885 days | 19 years, 7 days | 16 December 1993 | 75 years, 226 days (27,620 days) |
| 41 | Takeo Miki | 17 March 1907 | 9 December 1974 | 67 years, 267 days | 24 December 1976 | 69 years, 282 days | 746 days | 11 years, 326 days | 14 November 1988 | 81 years, 242 days (29,828 days) |
| 42 | Takeo Fukuda | 14 January 1905 | 24 December 1976 | 71 years, 345 days | 7 December 1978 | 73 years, 327 days | 713 days | 16 years, 210 days | 5 July 1995 | 90 years, 172 days (33,044 days) |
| 43 | Masayoshi Ōhira | 12 March 1910 | 7 December 1978 | 68 years, 270 days | 12 June 1980 | 70 years, 92 days | 553 days | 0 days | 12 June 1980a | 70 years, 92 days (25,660 days) |
| 44 | Zenkō Suzuki | 11 January 1911 | 17 July 1980 | 69 years, 188 days | 27 November 1982 | 71 years, 320 days | 863 days | 21 years, 235 days | 19 July 2004 | 93 years, 190 days (34,158 days) |
| 45 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | 27 May 1918 | 27 November 1982 | 64 years, 184 days | 6 November 1987 | 69 years, 163 days | 1,805 days | 32 years, 23 days | 29 November 2019 | 101 years, 186 days (37,076 days) |
| 46 | Noboru Takeshita | 26 February 1924 | 6 November 1987 | 63 years, 253 days | 3 June 1989 | 65 years, 97 days | 575 days | 11 years, 16 days | 19 June 2000 | 76 years, 114 days (27,873 days) |
| 47 | Sōsuke Uno | 27 August 1922 | 3 June 1989 | 66 years, 280 days | 10 August 1989 | 66 years, 348 days | 68 days | 8 years, 282 days | 19 May 1998 | 75 years, 265 days (27,659 days) |
| 48 | Toshiki Kaifu | 2 January 1931 | 10 August 1989 | 58 years, 220 days | 5 November 1991 | 60 years, 307 days | 817 days | 30 years, 65 days | 9 January 2022 | 91 years, 7 days (33,245 days) |
| 49 | Kiichi Miyazawa | 8 October 1919 | 5 November 1991 | 72 years, 28 days | 9 August 1993 | 73 years, 305 days | 643 days | 13 years, 323 days | 28 June 2007 | 87 years, 263 days (32,040 days) |
| 50 | Morihiro Hosokawa | 14 January 1938 | 9 August 1993 | 55 years, 207 days | 28 April 1994 | 56 years, 104 days | 262 days | 30 years, 29 days | 86 years, 134 days (31,545 days) | |
| 51 | Tsutomu Hata | 24 August 1935 | 28 April 1994 | 58 years, 247 days | 30 June 1994 | 58 years, 310 days | 63 days | 23 years, 59 days | 28 August 2017 | 82 years, 4 days (29,955 days) |
| 52 | Tomiichi Murayama | 3 March 1924 | 30 June 1994 | 70 years, 119 days | 11 January 1996 | 71 years, 314 days | 560 days | 28 years, 137 days | 100 years, 85 days (36,610 days) | |
| 53 | Ryutaro Hashimoto | 29 July 1937 | 11 January 1996 | 58 years, 166 days | 30 July 1998 | 61 years, 1 day | 931 days | 7 years, 336 days | 1 July 2006 | 68 years, 337 days (25,174 days) |
| 54 | Keizō Obuchi | 25 June 1937 | 30 July 1998 | 61 years, 35 days | 5 April 2000 | 62 years, 285 days | 615 days | 39 days | 14 May 2000 | 62 years, 324 days (22,969 days) |
| 55 | Yoshirō Mori | 14 July 1937 | 5 April 2000 | 62 years, 266 days | 26 April 2001 | 63 years, 286 days | 386 days | 23 years, 31 days | 86 years, 318 days (31,729 days) | |
| 56 | Junichiro Koizumi | 8 January 1942 | 26 April 2001 | 59 years, 108 days | 26 September 2006 | 64 years, 261 days | 1,979 days | 17 years, 244 days | 82 years, 140 days (30,090 days) | |
| 57 | Shinzo Abe | 21 September 1954 | 26 September 2006 | 52 years, 5 days | 16 September 2020 | 65 years, 361 days | 3,186 days | 1 year, 295 days | 8 July 2022 | 67 years, 290 days (24,762 days) |
| 58 | Yasuo Fukuda | 16 July 1936 | 26 September 2007 | 71 years, 72 days | 24 September 2008 | 72 years, 70 days | 364 days | 15 years, 246 days | 87 years, 316 days (32,092 days) | |
| 59 | Tarō Asō | 20 September 1940 | 24 September 2008 | 68 years, 4 days | 16 September 2009 | 68 years, 361 days | 357 days | 14 years, 254 days | 83 years, 250 days (30,565 days) | |
| 60 | Yukio Hatoyama | 11 February 1947 | 16 September 2009 | 62 years, 217 days | 8 June 2010 | 63 years, 117 days | 265 days | 13 years, 354 days | 77 years, 106 days (28,230 days) | |
| 61 | Naoto Kan | 10 October 1946 | 8 June 2010 | 63 years, 241 days | 2 September 2011 | 64 years, 327 days | 451 days | 12 years, 268 days | 77 years, 230 days (28,354 days) | |
| 62 | Yoshihiko Noda | 20 May 1957 | 2 September 2011 | 54 years, 105 days | 26 December 2012 | 55 years, 220 days | 481 days | 11 years, 153 days | 67 years, 7 days (24,479 days) | |
| 63 | Yoshihide Suga | 6 December 1948 | 16 September 2020 | 71 years, 285 days | 4 October 2021 | 72 years, 302 days | 383 days | 2 years, 236 days | 75 years, 173 days (27,566 days) | |
| 64 | Fumio Kishida | 29 July 1957 | 4 October 2021 | 64 years, 67 days | Incumbent | Incumbent | 966 days | Incumbent | 66 years, 303 days (24,409 days) | |
| # | Prime minister | Date of birth | Start date of (first) term | Age at beginning of (first) term | End date of (final) term | Age at leaving office | Total time in office | Length of retirement | Date of death | Lifespan |
Records[edit]
The three youngest people when they first became prime minister were:
- Itō Hirobumi – 44
- Fumimaro Konoe – 45
- Kuroda Kiyotaka – 47
The three oldest people when they first became prime minister were:
- Kantarō Suzuki – 77
- Inukai Tsuyoshi – 76
- Kiyoura Keigo – 73
The three oldest people to last leave the office of prime minister were:
- Ōkuma Shigenobu – 78
- Kantarō Suzuki – 77
- Inukai Tsuyoshi – 76
The three youngest people to last leave the office of prime minister were:
- Kuroda Kiyotaka – 48
- Fumimaro Konoe – 50
- Yoshihiko Noda – 55
See also[edit]
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- List of prime ministers of Japan
- List of prime ministers of Japan by time in office
- List of prime ministers of Japan by home prefecture
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