Longest-serving prime ministers in history Japan 2025

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 9, 2025

As of January 2025, Shinzo Abe was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, spending a total of 3,188 days in the office. Abe also recorded the longest-consecutive serving period of 2,822 days when he resigned in September 2020.

Longest term lengths of prime ministers in the history of Japan as of 2025 (days in office)

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January 2025

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January 9, 2025

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