Kuroda Kiyotaka

Kuroda Kiyotaka (9 November 1840 – 23 August 1900), also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke was a Japanese statesman and leader, who is the 2nd Prime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889 and President of the Privy Council from 1894 to 1900.[1]

Kuroda Kiyotaka
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
31 August 1896  18 September 1896
Acting
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byItō Hirobumi
Succeeded byMatsukata Masayoshi
In office
30 April 1888  25 October 1889
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byItō Hirobumi
Succeeded bySanjō Sanetomi (Acting)
President of the Privy Council
In office
17 March 1894  23 August 1900
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byYamagata Aritomo
Succeeded bySaionji Kinmochi
Personal details
Born(1840-11-09)November 9, 1840
Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain
(now Kagoshima, Japan)
DiedAugust 23, 1900(1900-08-23) (aged 59)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Signature

He was born in 1840 in Satsuma (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture), Japan, and was educated in traditional Confucian philosophy and Japanese literature.

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kuroda Kiyotaka" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 578, p. 578, at Google Books.
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