The 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 Kenichiro Ueno took office on 21 October 2025.
List of ministers of health, labour and welfare (2001–)
MinisterTerm of officePrime Minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays1Chikara SakaguchiJanuary 6, 2001September 27, 2004Yoshirō MoriJunichiro Koizumi2Hidehisa OtsujiSeptember 27, 2004October 31, 20053Jirō KawasakiOctober 31, 2005September 26, 20064Hakuo YanagisawaSeptember 26, 2006August 27, 2007Shinzō Abe5Yōichi MasuzoeAugust 27, 2007September 16, 2009Yasuo FukudaTarō Asō6Akira NagatsumaSeptember 16, 2009September 17, 2010Yukio HatoyamaNaoto Kan7Ritsuo HosokawaSeptember 17, 2010September 2, 20118Yoko KomiyamaSeptember 2, 2011October 1, 2012Yoshihiko Noda9Wakio MitsuiOctober 1, 2012December 26, 201210Norihisa TamuraDecember 26, 2012September 3, 2014Shinzō Abe11Yasuhisa ShiozakiSeptember 3, 2014August 3, 201712Katsunobu KatōAugust 3, 2017October 2, 201813Takumi NemotoOctober 2, 2018September 11, 2019(12)Katsunobu KatōSeptember 11, 2019September 16, 2020(10)Norihisa TamuraSeptember 16, 2020October 4, 2021Yoshihide Suga14Shigeyuki GotoOctober 4, 2021August 10, 2022Fumio Kishida(12)Katsunobu KatōAugust 10, 2022September 13, 202315Keizō TakemiSeptember 13, 2023October 1, 202416Takamaro FukuokaOctober 1, 2024October 21, 2025385Shigeru Ishiba17Kenichiro Ueno October 21, 2025Incumbent Sanae Takaichi
References
External links Official website