Kuroda Kiyotaka

Japanese general (1840-1900)

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

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