Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学大臣, Monbu-kagaku Daijin) is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2001-)

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Cabinet
21st century
1	Nobutaka Machimura	January 6, 2001	April 26, 2001	Yoshiro Mori
2	Atsuko Tōyama	April 26, 2001	September 22, 2003	Junichiro Koizumi
3	Takeo Kawamura	September 22, 2003	September 27, 2004	Junichiro Koizumi
4	Nariaki Nakayama	September 27, 2004	October 31, 2005	Junichiro Koizumi
5	Kenji Kosaka	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	Junichiro Koizumi
6	Bunmei Ibuki	September 26, 2006	September 26, 2007	Shinzo Abe
7	Kisaburo Tokai	September 26, 2007	August 2, 2008	Yasuo Fukuda
8	Tsuneo Suzuki	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	Yasuo Fukuda
9	Ryū Shionoya	September 24, 2008	September 16, 2009	Taro Aso
10	Tatsuo Kawabata	September 16, 2009	September 21, 2010	Yukio Hatoyama
11	Yoshiaki Takaki	September 21, 2010	September 2, 2011	Naoto Kan
12	Masaharu Nakagawa	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
13	Makiko Tanaka	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
14	Hakubun Shimomura	December 26, 2012	October 7, 2015	Shinzo Abe
15	Hiroshi Hase	October 7, 2015	Incumbent	Shinzo Abe

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