List of presidents of the House of Councillors (Japan)


List of Presidents and Vice Presidents of the House of Councillors.
Note: Many Presidents and Vice Presidents leave their parliamentary group during their tenure and formally become independents, but retain their membership of the wider party. Kenzō Kōno also gave up his party membership after being elected as President.

Presidents of the House of Councillors

NamePartyEntered OfficeLeft Office
Tsuneo MatsudairaRyokufūkaiMay 20, 1947November 14, 1949
Naotake SatōRyokufūkaiNovember 15, 1949May 19, 1953
Yahachi KawaiRyokufūkaiMay 19, 1953April 3, 1956
Tsuruhei MatsunoRyokufūkaiApril 3, 1956August 6, 1962
Yūzō ShigemuneLDPAugust 6, 1962July 17, 1971
Kenzō KōnoLDP July 17, 1971July 3, 1977
Ken YasuiLDPJuly 28, 1977July 7, 1980
Masatoshi TokunagaLDPJuly 17, 1980July 9, 1983
Mutsuo KimuraLDPJuly 18, 1983July 22, 1986
Masaaki FujitaLDPJuly 22, 1986September 30, 1988
Yoshihiro TsuchiyaLDPSeptember 30, 1988October 4, 1991
Yūji OsadaLDPOctober 4, 1991July 9, 1992
Bunbē HaraLDPAugust 7, 1992July 22, 1995
Jūrō SaitōLDPAugust 4, 1995October 19, 2000
Yutaka InoueLDPOctober 19, 2000April 22, 2002
Hiroyuki KurataLDPApril 22, 2002July 30, 2004
Chikage ŌgiLDPJuly 30, 2004July 28, 2007
Satsuki EdaDPJJuly 28, 2007July 25, 2010
Takeo NishiokaDPJJuly 30, 2010November 5, 2011
Kenji HirataDPJNovember 14, 2011July 28, 2013
Masaaki YamazakiLDPAugust 2, 2013July 25, 2016
Chuichi DateLDPAugust 1, 2016July 28, 2019
Akiko SantōLDPAugust 1, 2019Incumbent

Vice Presidents of the House of Councillors