Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare

Emblem of the Government of Japan

Incumbent
Katsunobu Katō
since 10 August 2022

Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare
Style| His Excellency
Member of| Cabinet of Japan
Reports to| Prime Minister of Japan
Nominator| Prime Minister of Japan
Appointer| Emperor of Japan
attested to by the Emperor
Precursor| Minister of Health
Minister of Labor
Formation| January 6, 2001; 21 years ago (2001-01-06)
Deputy| Administrative Vice-Minister of Health and Labour
Salary| ¥20,916,000

The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare (厚生労働大臣, Kousei-Rodou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

Minister Katsunobu Katō took office on 10 August 2022.

## List of Ministers of Health, Labour, and Welfare (2001–)[edit]

Liberal Democratic
Democratic
Komeito

Health Minister  | Term of office  | Prime Minister

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#  | Portrait  | Name  | Took Office  | Left Office  | Days
1  |  |  | Chikara Sakaguchi | January 6, 2001  | September 27, 2004  | 1360  |  | Yoshirō Mori
| Junichiro Koizumi
2  |  |  | Hidehisa Otsuji | September 27, 2004  | October 31, 2005  | 399
3  |  |  | Jirō Kawasaki | October 31, 2005  | September 26, 2006  | 330
4  |  |  | Hakuo Yanagisawa | September 26, 2006  | August 27, 2007  | 335  |  | Shinzō Abe
5  |  |  | Yōichi Masuzoe | August 27, 2007  | September 16, 2009  | 751
| Yasuo Fukuda
| Tarō Asō
6  |  |  | Akira Nagatsuma | September 16, 2009  | September 17, 2010  | 366  |  | Yukio Hatoyama
| Naoto Kan
7  |  |  | Ritsuo Hosokawa | September 17, 2010  | September 2, 2011  | 350
8  |  |  | Yoko Komiyama | September 2, 2011  | October 1, 2012  | 395  |  | Yoshihiko Noda
9  |  |  | Wakio Mitsui | October 1, 2012  | December 26, 2012  | 86
10  |  |  | Norihisa Tamura | December 26, 2012  | September 3, 2014  | 616  |  | Shinzō Abe
11  |  |  | Yasuhisa Shiozaki | September 3, 2014  | August 3, 2017  | 1065
12  |  |  | Katsunobu Katō | August 3, 2017  | October 2, 2018  | 425
13  |  |  | Takumi Nemoto | October 2, 2018  | September 11, 2019  | 344
(12)  |  |  | Katsunobu Katō | September 11, 2019  | September 16, 2020  | 371
(10)  |  |  | Norihisa Tamura | September 16, 2020  | October 4, 2021  | 383  |  | Yoshihide Suga
14  |  |  | Shigeyuki Goto | October 4, 2021  | August 10, 2022  | 310  |  | Fumio Kishida
(12)  |  |  | Katsunobu Katō | August 10, 2022  | Incumbent | 138  |

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