- Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan)
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The Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣 Hōmu Daijin) is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Internal Affairs and Communications. The post has been held by Tatsuo Kawabata since 2 September 2011.
Ministers of Internal Affairs and Communications
# Image Name Took office Left office Cabinet 21th century 1 Toranosuke Katayama January 6, 2001 September 22, 2003 Yoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi2 
Taro Aso September 22, 2003 October 31, 2005 Junichiro Koizumi 3 
Heizō Takenaka October 31, 2005 September 26, 2006 Junichiro Koizumi 4 Yoshihide Suga September 26, 2006 August 27, 2007 Shinzō Abe 5 
Hiroya Masuda August 27, 2007 September 24, 2008 Shinzō Abe
Yasuo Fukuda6 
Kunio Hatoyama September 24, 2008 June 12, 2009 Taro Aso 7 Tsutomu Sato June 12, 2009 September 16, 2009 Taro Aso 8 
Kazuhiro Haraguchi September 16, 2009 September 17, 2010 Yukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan9 
Yoshihiro Katayama September 17, 2010 September 2, 2011 Naoto Kan 10 Tatsuo Kawabata September 2, 2011 Yoshihiko Noda Reference: http://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_sosiki/annai/soshiki/rekidai.html Japanese government ministries and agencies 
Cabinet Office (Imperial Household Agency · Fair Trade Commission · National Public Safety Commission and National Police Agency · Financial Services Agency · Consumer Affairs Agency)Internal Affairs and Communications (List) · Justice (List) · Foreign Affairs (List) · Finance (List) · Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (List) · Health, Labour and Welfare (List) · Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (List) · Economy, Trade and Industry (List) · Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (List) · Environment (List) · Defense (List)Board of Audit (constitutionally independent) Categories:
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