Yoshihiko Noda | |
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野田 佳彦 | |
 Official portrait, 2011 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Katsuya Okada (2012) |
| Preceded by | Naoto Kan |
| Succeeded by | Shinzo Abe |
| Leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2024 | |
| Deputy | Akira Nagatsuma Kiyomi Tsujimoto Hiroshi Ogushi |
| Preceded by | Kenta Izumi |
| Secretary-General of the Democratic Party | |
| In office September 2016 – September 2017 | |
| President | Renhō |
| Preceded by | Yukio Edano |
| Succeeded by | Atsushi Oshima |
| President of the Democratic Party of Japan | |
| In office 29 August 2011 – 25 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Naoto Kan |
| Succeeded by | Banri Kaieda |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Naoto Kan |
| Succeeded by | Jun Azumi |
| Senior Vice Minister of Finance | |
| In office 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010 Serving with Naoki Minezaki | |
| Minister | Hirohisa Fujii Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Wataru Takeshita Masatoshi Ishida |
| Succeeded by | Motohisa Ikeda Naoki Minezaki |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 26 June 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Shōichi Tanaka |
| Constituency | Chiba 4th district |
| In office 19 July 1993 – 27 September 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Ken'ichi Ueno |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Chiba 1st district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 May 1957 Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Political party | CDP (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | JPN (1992–1994) NFP (1994–1997) DPJ (1998–2016) DP (2016–2018) Independent (2018–2020) Group of Independents (2018–2019) Social Security (2019) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Waseda University (BA) |
| Website | Government website |
Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦, Noda Yoshihiko, born 20 May 1957) is a Japanese politician. He is the current leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2000. From 2011 to 2012, he was the Prime Minister of Japan.
Noda entered politics in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct Japan New Party. In 1996, he joined the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). After the DPJ won control of the Diet in 2009 general election, Noda was named a senior vice minister of finance in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and in 2010, was named minister of finance in the cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Following Kan's resignation as prime minister, Noda won the ensuing leadership election and was appointed prime minister on 2 September 2011.
Following a severe loss for the DPJ in the December 2012 general election, Noda announced his resignation as party leader, triggering a leadership election that was won by Banri Kaieda. Noda was succeeded as Prime Minister by Shinzo Abe, President of the Liberal Democratic Party, on 26 December 2012.[1]
As the DPJ underwent mergers and reorganizations, Noda left to sit as an independent politician. In 2021, Noda joined the CDP, the primary successor to the DPJ. In 2024, Noda successfully stood for the CDP's party presidential election, defeating incumbent leader Kenta Izumi and former leader Yukio Edano. Weeks after assuming the presidency of the party, the 2024 Japanese general election was announced, with the CDP achieving its best result in party history, and the ruling LDP coalition being limited to a minority.
- ^ "Japan's Shinzo Abe unveils cabinet after voted in as PM". BBC News. 26 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.