Presidents of DPJ
The Presidents of Democratic Party of Japan (ja:民主党代表, Minshutō Daihyō?), the formal name is 民主党常任幹事会代表 (Minshutō Jyōnin-Kanji-Kai Daihyō?).
| No. | Name | Term of office | Image | Election results | ||
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| Rōmaji | Kanji | Took Office | Left Office | |||
| 1 | Naoto Kan | 菅 直人 | 27 April 1998 | 18 January 1999 | unchallenged | |
| 18 January 1999 | 25 September 1999 | Naoto Kan - 180 Shigefumi Matsuzawa - 51 Abstention - 8 |
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| 2 | Yukio Hatoyama | 鳩山 由紀夫 | 25 September 1999 | 9 September 2000 | Yukio Hatoyama - 182 Naoto Kan - 130 |
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| 9 September 2000 | 23 September 2002 | walkover | ||||
| 23 September 2002 | 10 December 2002 | Yukio Hatoyama - 254 Naoto Kan - 242 |
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| 3 | Naoto Kan | 菅 直人 | 10 December 2002 | 18 May 2004 | Naoto Kan - 104 Katsuya Okada - 79 |
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| 4 | Katsuya Okada | 岡田 克也 | 18 May 2004 | 13 September 2004 | unchallenged | |
| 13 September 2004 | 17 September 2005 | walkover | ||||
| 5 | Seiji Maehara | 前原 誠司 | 17 September 2005 | 7 April 2006 | Seiji Maehara - 96 Naoto Kan - 94 Abstention - 3 |
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| 6 | Ichirō Ozawa | 小沢 一郎 | 7 April 2006 | 12 September 2006 | Ichirō Ozawa - 119 Naoto Kan - 73 |
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| 12 September 2006 | 21 September 2008 | walkover | ||||
| 21 September 2008 | 16 May 2009 | walkover | ||||
| 7 | Yukio Hatoyama | 鳩山 由紀夫 | 16 May 2009 | 4 June 2010 | see election 2009 Yukio Hatoyama - 124 Katsuya Okada - 95 |
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| 8 | Naoto Kan | 菅 直人 | 4 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | see election Jun 2010 Naoto Kan - 291 Shinji Tarutoko - 129 |
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| 14 September 2010 | 29 August 2011 | see election Sep 2010 Naoto Kan - 721 Ichirō Ozawa - 491 |
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| 9 | Yoshihiko Noda | 野田 佳彦 | 29 August 2011 | 21 September 2012 | see election 2011 Yoshihiko Noda - 215 Banri Kaieda - 177 |
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| 21 September 2012 | Incumbent | Yoshihiko Noda - 818 Hirotaka Akamatsu - 154 Kazuhiro Haraguchi - 123 Michihiko Kano - 113 |
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