Kuroda Kiyotaka
Japanese general (1840-1900) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Kuroda Kiyotaka | |
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Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 31 August 1896 – 18 September 1896 Acting | |
Monarch | Meiji |
Preceded by | Itō Hirobumi |
Succeeded by | Matsukata Masayoshi |
In office 30 April 1888 – 25 October 1889 | |
Monarch | Meiji |
Preceded by | Itō Hirobumi |
Succeeded by | Sanjō Sanetomi (Acting) |
President of the Privy Council | |
In office 17 March 1894 – 23 August 1900 | |
Monarch | Meiji |
Preceded by | Yamagata Aritomo |
Succeeded by | Saionji Kinmochi |
Personal details | |
Born | (1840-11-09)November 9, 1840 Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain (now Kagoshima, Japan) |
Died | August 23, 1900(1900-08-23) (aged 59) Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Independent |
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He was born in 1840 in Satsuma (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture), Japan, and was educated in traditional Confucian philosophy and Japanese literature.