Chair of the National Public Safety Commission

Chair of the National Public Safety Commission of National Public Safety Commission
国家公安委員会委員長
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Incumbent Yoshifumi Matsumura since 13 September 2023
National Public Safety Commission
Style	Mr. Chairman His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet of Japan National Security Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of Japan
Nominator	Prime Minister of Japan
Appointer	Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor
Precursor	Minister of Home Affairs Secretary of Home Affairs
Formation	7 March 1948 (1948-03-07)
Salary	¥20,916,000

The Chair of the National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会委員長, Kokka-Kouan iinchou) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the presiding officer of the National Public Safety Commission, which is the parent agency of the National Police Agency. The chairperson holds the rank of minister of state, and is a statutory member of the National Security Council. The chair is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan. The other five members of the commission must require the consent of both houses in the National Diet in order to serve.

The current Chairman is Yoshifumi Matsumura, who took office in 13 September 2023.

List of chair of the National Public Safety Commission

  Liberal (1950-1955)
  Independent
  Japan Democratic
  Liberal Democratic
  New Liberal Club
  Japan New
  Japan Socialist
  Japan Renewal
  Liberal (1998-2003)
  Democratic

Chairperson				Term of office			Prime minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1			Zentarō Kosaka	July 1, 1954	October 1, 1954	92		Shigeru Yoshida
2			Naoshi Ohara	October 1, 1954	December 10, 1954	70
3			Tadao Ohasa	December 10, 1954	December 23, 1956	744		Ichirō Hatoyama
ー			Tanzan Ishibashi (Acting)	December 23, 1956	December 23, 1956	0		Tanzan Ishibashi
4			Tomejiro Okubo	December 23, 1956	July 10, 1957	199		Tanzan Ishibashi
								Nobusuke Kishi
5			Matsutarō Shōriki	July 10, 1957	June 12, 1958	337
6			Masashi Aoki	June 12, 1958	June 18, 1959	371
7			Kanichiro Ishihara	June 18, 1959	July 19, 1960	397
8			Iwao Yamazaki	July 19, 1960	October 13, 1960	86		Hayato Ikeda
9			Hideo Shuto	October 13, 1960	December 8, 1960	56
10			Ken Yasui	December 8, 1960	July 18, 1962	587
11			Kosaku Shinoda	July 18, 1962	July 18, 1963	365
12			Takashi Hayakawa	July 18, 1963	March 25, 1964	251
13			Masamichi Akazawa	March 25, 1964	July 18, 1964	115
14			Eichi Yoshitake	July 18, 1964	June 3, 1965	320		Hayato Ikeda
								Eisaku Satō
15			Tadanori Nagayama	June 3, 1965	August 1, 1966	424		Eisaku Satō
16			Shuji Shiomi	August 1, 1966	December 3, 1966	124
17			Sensuke Fujieda	December 3, 1966	November 25, 1967	357
18 (13)			Masamichi Akazawa	November 25, 1967	November 30, 1968	371
19			Masuo Araki	November 30, 1968	July 5, 1971	947
20			Torata Nakamura	July 5, 1971	July 7, 1972	368
21			Takeo Kimura	July 7, 1972	December 22, 1972	168		Kakuei Tanaka
22			Masumi Esaki	December 22, 1972	November 25, 1973	338
23			Kingo Machimura	November 25, 1973	November 11, 1974	351
24			Hajime Fukuda	November 11, 1974	September 15, 1976	674		Kakuei Tanaka
								Takeo Miki
25			Kimiyoshi Amano	September 15, 1976	December 24, 1976	100		Takeo Miki
26			Heiji Ogawa	December 24, 1976	November 28, 1977	339		Takeo Fukuda
27			Takenori Kato	November 28, 1977	December 7, 1978	374
28			Naozo Shibuya	December 7, 1978	November 9, 1979	337		Masayoshi Ōhira
29			Masaharu Gotōda	November 9, 1979	July 17, 1980	251
30			Jiro Ishiba	July 17, 1980	December 17, 1980	153		Zenkō Suzuki
31			Tōkichi Abiko	December 17, 1980	November 30, 1981	348
32			Masataka Sekō	November 30, 1981	November 27, 1982	362
33			Sachio Yamamoto	November 27, 1982	December 27, 1983	395		Yasuhiro Nakasone
34			Seiichi Tagawa	December 27, 1983	November 1, 1984	340
35			Tōru Furuya	November 1, 1984	December 28, 1985	422
36			Ichirō Ozawa	December 28, 1985	July 22, 1986	206
37			Nobuyuki Hanashi	July 22, 1986	November 6, 1987	472
38			Seiroku Kajiyama	November 6, 1987	December 27, 1988	417		Noboru Takeshita
39			Shigenobu Sakano	December 27, 1988	August 10, 1989	226		Noboru Takeshita
								Sōsuke Uno
40			Kōzō Watanabe	August 10, 1989	February 28, 1990	202		Toshiki Kaifu
41			Keiwa Okuda	February 28, 1990	December 29, 1990	304
42			Akira Fukida	December 29, 1990	November 5, 1991	311
43			Masajuro Shiokawa	November 5, 1991	December 12, 1992	403		Kiichi Miyazawa
44			Keijiro Murata	December 12, 1992	August 9, 1993	240
45			Kanju Sato	August 9, 1993	April 28, 1994	262		Morihiro Hosokawa
ー			Tsutomu Hata (Acting)	April 28, 1994	April 28, 1994	0		Tsutomu Hata
46			Hajime Ishii	April 28, 1994	June 30, 1994	63
47			Hiromu Nonaka	June 30, 1994	August 8, 1995	404		Tomiichi Murayama
48			Takashi Fukaya	August 8, 1995	January 11, 1996	156
49			Hiroyuki Kurata	January 11, 1996	November 7, 1996	301		Ryutaro Hashimoto
50			Katsuhiko Shirakawa	November 7, 1996	September 11, 1997	308
51			Mitsuhiro Uesugi	September 11, 1997	July 30, 1998	322
52			Mamoru Nishida	July 30, 1998	January 14, 1999	168		Keizō Obuchi
53			Takeshi Noda	January 14, 1999	October 5, 1999	264
54			Kosuke Hori	October 5, 1999	July 4, 2000	273		Keizō Obuchi
								Yoshiro Mori
55 (52)			Mamoru Nishida	July 4, 2000	December 5, 2000	154		Yoshiro Mori
56			Bunmei Ibuki	December 5, 2000	April 26, 2001	142
57			Jin Murai	April 26, 2001	September 30, 2002	522		Junichiro Koizumi
58			Sadakazu Tanigaki	September 30, 2002	September 22, 2003	357
59			Kiyoko Ono	September 22, 2003	September 27, 2004	371
60			Yoshitaka Murata	September 27, 2004	October 31, 2005	399
61			Tetsuo Kutsukake	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
62			Kensei Mizote	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	335		Shinzo Abe
63			Shinya Izumi	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	341		Shinzo Abe
								Yasuo Fukuda
64			Motoo Hayashi	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	53		Yasuo Fukuda
65			Tsutomu Sato	September 24, 2008	July 2, 2009	281		Tarō Asō
66 (64)			Motoo Hayashi	July 2, 2009	September 16, 2009	76
67			Hiroshi Nakai	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	366		Yukio Hatoyama
								Naoto Kan
68			Tomiko Okazaki	September 17, 2010	January 14, 2011	119		Naoto Kan
69			Kansei Nakano	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	231
70			Kenji Yamaoka	September 2, 2011	January 13, 2012	133		Yoshihiko Noda
71			Jin Matsubara	January 13, 2012	October 1, 2012	262
72			Tadamasa Kodaira	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012	86
73			Keiji Furuya	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	616		Shinzo Abe
74			Eriko Yamatani	September 3, 2014	October 7, 2015	399
75			Taro Kono	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	301
76			Jun Matsumoto	August 3, 2016	August 3, 2017	365
77			Hachiro Okonogi	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	425
78			Junzo Yamamoto	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	344
79			Ryota Takeda	September 11, 2019	September 16, 2020	371
80 (77)			Hachiro Okonogi	September 16, 2020	June 25, 2021	282		Yoshihide Suga
81			Yasufumi Tanahashi	June 25, 2021	October 4, 2021	101
82			Satoshi Ninoyu	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	310		Fumio Kishida
83			Koichi Tani	August 10, 2022	September 13, 2023	399
84			Yoshifumi Matsumura	September 13, 2023	Incumbent	227