Yoshihiko Noda

Yoshihiko Noda
野田 佳彦
Noda in 2024
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
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 June 2000
Preceded by	Shōichi Tanaka [ja]
Constituency	Chiba 4th (2000–2024) Chiba 14th (2024–present)
In office 19 July 1993 – 27 September 1996
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Chiba 1st
Member of the Chiba Prefectural Assembly
In office 23 April 1987 – 5 July 1993
Constituency	Funabashi City
Personal details
Born	(1957-05-20) 20 May 1957 (age 67) Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2020)
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	Hitomi Noda ​ (m. 1992)​
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.