Chair of the National Public Safety Commission

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 Manabu Sakai since 1 October 2024
National Public Safety Commission
Member of	Cabinet of Japan National Security Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of Japan
Appointer	Prime Minister of Japan attested to by the Emperor
Precursor	Minister of Home Affairs
Formation	7 March 1948; 77 years ago (1948-03-07)
Salary	¥20,916,000

The current Chairman is Manabu Sakai, who took office on 1 October 2024.

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	1 July 1954	1 October 1954	92		Shigeru Yoshida
2			Naoshi Ohara	1 October 1954	10 December 1954	70
3			Tadao Ohasa	10 December 1954	23 December 1956	744		Ichirō Hatoyama
ー			Tanzan Ishibashi (Acting)	December 23, 1956	December 23, 1956	0		Tanzan Ishibashi
4			Tomejiro Okubo	23 December 1956	10 July 1957	199		Tanzan Ishibashi
								Nobusuke Kishi
5			Matsutarō Shōriki	10 July 1957	12 June 1958	337
6			Masashi Aoki	12 June 1958	18 June 1959	371
7			Kanichiro Ishihara	18 June 1959	19 July 1960	397
8			Iwao Yamazaki	19 July 1960	13 October 1960	86		Hayato Ikeda
9			Hideo Shuto	13 October 1960	8 December 1960	56
10			Ken Yasui	8 December 1960	18 July 1962	587
11			Kosaku Shinoda	18 July 1962	18 July 1963	365
12			Takashi Hayakawa	18 July 1963	25 March 1964	251
13			Masamichi Akazawa	25 March 1964	18 July 1964	115
14			Eichi Yoshitake	18 July 1964	3 June 1965	320		Hayato Ikeda
								Eisaku Satō
15			Tadanori Nagayama	3 June 1965	1 August 1966	424		Eisaku Satō
16			Shuji Shiomi	1 August 1966	3 December 1966	124
17			Sensuke Fujieda	3 December 1966	25 November 1967	357
18 (13)			Masamichi Akazawa	25 November 1967	30 November 1968	371
19			Masuo Araki	30 November 1968	5 July 1971	947
20			Torata Nakamura	5 July 1971	7 July 1972	368
21			Takeo Kimura	7 July 1972	22 December 1972	168		Kakuei Tanaka
22			Masumi Esaki	22 December 1972	25 November 1973	338
23			Kingo Machimura	25 November 1973	11 November 1974	351
24			Hajime Fukuda	11 November 1974	15 September 1976	674		Kakuei Tanaka
								Takeo Miki
25			Kimiyoshi Amano	15 September 1976	24 December 1976	100		Takeo Miki
26			Heiji Ogawa	24 December 1976	28 November 1977	339		Takeo Fukuda
27			Takenori Kato	28 November 1977	7 December 1978	374
28			Naozo Shibuya	7 December 1978	9 November 1979	337		Masayoshi Ōhira
29			Masaharu Gotōda	9 November 1979	17 July 1980	251
30			Jiro Ishiba	17 July 1980	17 December 1980	153		Zenkō Suzuki
31			Tōkichi Abiko	17 December 1980	30 November 1981	348
32			Masataka Sekō	30 November 1981	27 November 1982	362
33			Sachio Yamamoto	27 November 1982	27 December 1983	395		Yasuhiro Nakasone
34			Seiichi Tagawa	27 December 1983	1 November 1984	340
35			Tōru Furuya	1 November 1984	28 December 1985	422
36			Ichirō Ozawa	28 December 1985	22 July 1986	206
37			Nobuyuki Hanashi	22 July 1986	6 November 1987	472
38			Seiroku Kajiyama	6 November 1987	27 December 1988	417		Noboru Takeshita
39			Shigenobu Sakano	27 December 1988	10 August 1989	226		Noboru Takeshita
								Sōsuke Uno
40			Kōzō Watanabe	10 August 1989	28 February 1990	202		Toshiki Kaifu
41			Keiwa Okuda	28 February 1990	29 December 1990	304
42			Akira Fukida	29 December 1990	5 November 1991	311
43			Masajuro Shiokawa	5 November 1991	12 December 1992	403		Kiichi Miyazawa
44			Keijiro Murata	12 December 1992	9 August 1993	240
45			Kanju Sato	9 August 1993	28 April 1994	262		Morihiro Hosokawa
ー			Tsutomu Hata (Acting)	April 28, 1994	April 28, 1994	0		Tsutomu Hata
46			Hajime Ishii	28 April 1994	30 June 1994	63
47			Hiromu Nonaka	30 June 1994	8 August 1995	404		Tomiichi Murayama
48			Takashi Fukaya	8 August 1995	11 January 1996	156
49			Hiroyuki Kurata	11 January 1996	7 November 1996	301		Ryutaro Hashimoto
50			Katsuhiko Shirakawa	7 November 1996	11 September 1997	308
51			Mitsuhiro Uesugi	11 September 1997	30 July 1998	322
52			Mamoru Nishida	30 July 1998	14 January 1999	168		Keizō Obuchi
53			Takeshi Noda	14 January 1999	5 October 1999	264
54			Kosuke Hori	5 October 1999	4 July 2000	273		Keizō Obuchi
								Yoshiro Mori
55 (52)			Mamoru Nishida	4 July 2000	5 December 2000	154		Yoshiro Mori
56			Bunmei Ibuki	5 December 2000	26 April 2001	142
57			Jin Murai	26 April 2001	30 September 2002	522		Junichiro Koizumi
58			Sadakazu Tanigaki	30 September 2002	22 September 2003	357
59			Kiyoko Ono	22 September 2003	27 September 2004	371
60			Yoshitaka Murata	27 September 2004	31 October 2005	399
61			Tetsuo Kutsukake	31 October 2005	26 September 2006	330
62			Kensei Mizote	26 September 2006	27 August 2007	335		Shinzo Abe
63			Shinya Izumi	27 August 2007	2 August 2008	341		Shinzo Abe
								Yasuo Fukuda
64			Motoo Hayashi	2 August 2008	24 September 2008	53		Yasuo Fukuda
65			Tsutomu Sato	24 September 2008	2 July 2009	281		Tarō Asō
66 (64)			Motoo Hayashi	2 July 2009	16 September 2009	76
67			Hiroshi Nakai	16 September 2009	17 September 2010	366		Yukio Hatoyama
								Naoto Kan
68			Tomiko Okazaki	17 September 2010	14 January 2011	119		Naoto Kan
69			Kansei Nakano	14 January 2011	2 September 2011	231
70			Kenji Yamaoka	2 September 2011	13 January 2012	133		Yoshihiko Noda
71			Jin Matsubara	13 January 2012	1 October 2012	262
72			Tadamasa Kodaira	1 October 2012	26 December 2012	86
73			Keiji Furuya	26 December 2012	3 September 2014	616		Shinzo Abe
74			Eriko Yamatani	3 September 2014	7 October 2015	399
75			Taro Kono	7 October 2015	3 August 2016	301
76			Jun Matsumoto	3 August 2016	3 August 2017	365
77			Hachiro Okonogi	3 August 2017	2 October 2018	425
78			Junzo Yamamoto	2 October 2018	11 September 2019	344
79			Ryota Takeda	11 September 2019	16 September 2020	371
80 (77)			Hachiro Okonogi	16 September 2020	25 June 2021	282		Yoshihide Suga
81			Yasufumi Tanahashi	25 June 2021	4 October 2021	101
82			Satoshi Ninoyu	4 October 2021	10 August 2022	310		Fumio Kishida
83			Koichi Tani	10 August 2022	13 September 2023	399
84			Yoshifumi Matsumura	13 September 2023	1 October 2024	384
85			Manabu Sakai	1 October 2024	Incumbent	217		Shigeru Ishiba