Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学大臣, Monbu-kagaku Daijin) is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2001–)

  Liberal Democratic
  Independent
  New Komeito/Komeito
  Democratic/Minshutō
  Rikken-minshutō
  Kokumin-minshutō

Minister			Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days	Prime Minister
1	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Toshiki Kaifu^[1]	December 28, 1985	July 22, 1986	205	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Keizo Obuchi
2	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Nobutaka Machimura	January 6, 2001	April 26, 2001	110	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Yoshiro Mori
3	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" \|	Atsuko Tōyama	April 26, 2001	September 22, 2003	879	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" rowspan=4\|	Junichiro Koizumi
4	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Takeo Kawamura	September 22, 2003	September 27, 2004	371
5	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Nariaki Nakayama	September 27, 2004	October 31, 2005	399
6	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Kenji Kosaka	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
7	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Bunmei Ibuki	September 26, 2006	September 26, 2007	365	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Shinzo Abe
8	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Kisaburo Tokai	September 26, 2007	August 2, 2008	311	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Yasuo Fukuda
9	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Tsuneo Suzuki	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	53		Yasuo Fukuda
10	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Ryū Shionoya	September 24, 2008	September 16, 2009	357	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Taro Aso
11	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Tatsuo Kawabata	September 16, 2009	September 21, 2010	370	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" \|	Yukio Hatoyama
11	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Tatsuo Kawabata	September 16, 2009	September 21, 2010	370	Naoto Kan
12	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" \|	Yoshiaki Takaki	September 21, 2010	September 2, 2011	346	Naoto Kan
13	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" \|	Masaharu Nakagawa	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012	395	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Yoshihiko Noda
14	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" \|	Makiko Tanaka	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012	86		Yoshihiko Noda
15	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Hakubun Shimomura	December 26, 2012	October 7, 2015	1015	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" rowspan=6\|	Shinzo Abe
16	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Hiroshi Hase	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	301
17	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Hirokazu Matsuno	August 3, 2016	August 2, 2017	364
18	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Yoshimasa Hayashi	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	425
19	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Masahiko Shibayama	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	344
20	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" \|	Kōichi Hagiuda	September 11, 2019	Incumbent	1723

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