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Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi
高市早苗
	Official portrait, 2019
Minister of State for Economic Security
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 August 2022
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Takayuki Kobayashi
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
	In office; 11 September 2019 – 16 September 2020
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Masatoshi Ishida
Succeeded by	Ryota Takeda
	In office; 3 September 2014 – 3 August 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Yoshitaka Shindō
Succeeded by	Seiko Noda
Prime Minister
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Yuriko Koike
Succeeded by	Fumio Kishida
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Iwao Matsuda
Succeeded by	Fumio Kishida
Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Kuniko Inoguchi
Succeeded by	Yōko Kamikawa
Minister of State for Food Safety
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Iwao Matsuda
Succeeded by	Shinya Izumi
Minister of State for Innovation
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the House of Representatives; for Nara
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 September 2005
	In office; 19 July 1993 – 8 November 2003
Personal details
Born	7 March 1961 (age 63); Yamatokōriyama, Nara, Japan
Political party	LDP (1996–present)
Other political; affiliations	Independent (until 1994); LP (1994); NFP (1994–1996);
Spouse(s)	; Taku Yamamoto (m. 2004; div. 2017) ; (m. 2021)
Children	1 child; 3 stepchildren
Alma mater	Kobe University
Signature
Website	Government website

Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗, Takaichi Sanae, born 7 March 1961) is a Japanese politician. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2005. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. She has had jobs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

On 26 August 2021, Takaichi announced her candidacy for the Liberal Democratic leadership in the 2021 election.^[2] She lost the election to former Foreign Affairs Minister Fumio Kishida on 29 September.^[3]

In August 2024, Takaichi announced she planned to run for the Liberal Democratic leadership election a second time to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.^[4] She formally announced her campaign on 9 September.^[5] On 27 September, she made it to the run-off but narrowly lost to Shigeru Ishiba.^[6]