Chief Representative of Komeito
| Chief Representative of the Komeito Standing Committee | |
|---|---|
| 公明党常任役員会代表 Kōmeitō Jōnin Yakuin-kai Daihyō | |
since 22 January 2026 | |
| Komeito Standing Committee | |
| Type | Party leader |
| Appointer | Party Convention |
| Inaugural holder | Kenji Miyamoto |
The chief representative of Komeito (Japanese: 公明党代表, Hepburn: Kōmeitō Daihyō) is the highest position within Komeito. The current chief representative is Toshiko Takeya, who took office on 22 January 2026.
Election
The chief representative is elected by the Party Convention. To run for the leadership election, a candidate must be recommended by at least 10 Komeito members of the National Diet and submit a prescribed document outlining their candidacy aspirations and basic policies. Afterwards, the Party Convention delegates vote to elect the leader.[1]
List of chief representatives
| No. | Name
(Birth–death) |
Constituency / title | Term of office | Image | Prime Minister (term) | Government/
opposition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||||
| New Komei Party (1994–1998) | ||||||||
| 1 | Kōshirō Ishida
(1930–2006) |
Rep for | 5 December 1994 | 9 December 1994 | Murayama 1994–96 | Opposition | ||
| Komei (1994–1998) | ||||||||
| 1 | Tomio Fujii
(1924–2021) |
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
for Shinjuku district |
5 December 1994 | 18 January 1998 | Murayama 1994–96 | Opposition | ||
| Hashimoto 1996–98 | ||||||||
| 2 | Toshiko Hamayotsu
(1945–2020) |
Cou for | 18 January 1998 | 7 November 1998 | ||||
| Obuchi 1998–2000 | ||||||||
| New Peace Party (1998) | ||||||||
| 1 | Takenori Kanzaki
(b. 1943) |
Rep for | 4 January 1998 | 7 November 1998 | Hashimoto 1996–98 | Opposition | ||
| Obuchi 1998–2000 | ||||||||
| Reimei Club (1998) | ||||||||
| 1 | Kazuyoshi Shirahama
(b. 1947) |
Cou for | 4 January 1998 | 18 January 1998 | Hashimoto 1996–98 | Opposition | ||
| New Komeito (1998–2014) | ||||||||
| 1 | Takenori Kanzaki
(b. 1943) |
Rep for
Fukuoka 1st (1983–2005) Kyushu PR block (2005–2010) |
7 November 1998 | 30 September 2006 | Obuchi 1998–2000 | Opposition
until
5 October
1999
| ||
| Governing coalition
since
5 October
1999
| ||||||||
| Mori 2000–01 | ||||||||
| Koizumi 2001–06 | ||||||||
| Abe S. 2006–07 | ||||||||
| 2 | Akihiro Ota
(b. 1945) |
Rep for | 30 September 2006 | 8 September 2009 | ||||
| Fukuda Y. 2007–08 | ||||||||
| Asō 2008–09 | ||||||||
| 3 | Natsuo Yamaguchi
(b. 1952) |
Cou for | 8 September 2009 | 25 September 2014 | Hatoyama Y. 2009–10 | Opposition | ||
| Kan 2010–11 | ||||||||
| Noda 2011–12 | ||||||||
| Abe S. 2012–20 | Governing coalition | |||||||
| Komeito (2014–present) | ||||||||
| 1 | Natsuo Yamaguchi
(b. 1952) |
Cou for | 25 September 2014 | 28 September 2024 | Abe S. 2012–20 | Governing coalition | ||
| Suga 2020–2021 | ||||||||
| Kishida 2021–2024 | ||||||||
| 2 | Keiichi Ishii
(b. 1958) |
Rep for | 28 September 2024 | 9 November 2024 | Ishiba 2024–2025 | |||
| 3 | Tetsuo Saito (b. 1952) |
Rep for Hiroshima 3rd |
9 November 2024 | 21 January 2026 | Ishiba 2024–2025 | |||
| Takaichi 2025–present | Opposition | |||||||
| 4 | Toshiko Takeya
(b. 1969) |
Cou for | 22 January 2026 | Incumbent | Takaichi 2025–present | |||
References
- ^ "党代表選挙を公告" [Party leadership election announced]. Komeito (in Japanese). 26 August 2022. Retrieved 2025-01-04.