Yoshihiko Noda

Yoshihiko Noda
Yoshihiko Noda
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
72nd 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
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Wataru Takeshita; Masatoshi Ishida
Succeeded by	Motohisa Ikeda; Naoki Minezaki
Member of the House of Representatives ; from Chiba
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 June 2000
Preceded by	Shōichi Tanaka
Constituency	4th district
Majority	69,220 (31.48%)
	In office; 19 July 1993 – 27 September 1996
Preceded by	Ken'ichi Ueno
Succeeded by	District Abolished
Constituency	1st district
Personal details
Born	20 May 1957 (age 66); Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Political party	CDP
Other political; affiliations	JNP (1992–1994); NFP (1994–1996); DPJ (2016–2018, merger); DP (2016–2018, merger); Independent (2017-2020); Group of Independents (2018–2019); Social Security (2019-2020);
Spouse	Hitomi Noda (1992–present)
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 who served as Prime Minister of Japan and Leader of the Democratic Party of Japan from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and a member of the House of Representatives (lower house) in the Diet (national legislature). He was named to succeed Naoto Kan as a result of a runoff vote against Banri Kaieda in his party,^[1] and was formally appointed by the Emperor Akihito on 2 September 2011.

Following a severe loss for the DPJ in the December 2012 general election, Noda conceded defeat and announced his resignation as party leader, triggering a leadership election that was won by Kaieda. Noda was succeeded by Shinzo Abe, President of the Liberal Democratic Party as Prime Minister on 26 December 2012.^[2]