Kuroda Kiyotaka
Kuroda Kiyotaka | |||||
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黒田 清隆 | |||||
| Prime Minister of Japan | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Vice President | Higashikuze Michitomi | ||||
| Preceded by | Yamagata Aritomo | ||||
| Succeeded by | Saionji Kinmochi | ||||
| Acting Prime Minister of Japan | |||||
| In office 31 August 1896 – 18 September 1896 | |||||
| Monarch | Meiji | ||||
| Preceded by | Itō Hirobumi | ||||
| Succeeded by | Matsukata Masayoshi | ||||
| Minister of Communications | |||||
| In office 8 August 1892 – 17 March 1895 | |||||
| Prime Minister | Itō Hirobumi | ||||
| Preceded by | Gotō Shōjirō | ||||
| Succeeded by | Watanabe Kunitake | ||||
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||
| In office 17 September 1887 – 30 April 1888 | |||||
| Prime Minister | Itō Hirobumi | ||||
| Preceded by | Hijikata Hisamoto | ||||
| Succeeded by | Inoue Kaoru | ||||
| Director of the Hokkaidō Development Commission | |||||
| In office 2 August 1874 – February 1882 | |||||
| Monarch | Meiji | ||||
| Preceded by | Higashikuze Michitomi (1871) | ||||
| Succeeded by | Saigō Jūdō | ||||
| Personal details | |||||
| Born | 9 November 1840 Kagoshima, Satsuma, Japan | ||||
| Died | 23 August 1900 (aged 59) Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Cause of death | Intracerebral hemorrhage | ||||
| Political party | Independent | ||||
| Spouse |
Kuroda Taki (m. 1880) | ||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kyūjitai | 黑田 淸隆 | ||||
| Shinjitai | 黒田 清隆 | ||||
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Count Kuroda Kiyotaka (黒田 清隆; 9 November 1840 – 23 August 1900) was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889. He was one of the genrō, or senior statesman of the Meiji era. Born in the Satsuma Domain to a samurai family, Kuroda was involved in the colonization of Hokkaido, the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876, and the suppression of the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877. After his tenure as prime minister, which ended due to his inability to revise the unequal treaties imposed on Japan, Kuroda also served as Minister of Communications and President of the Privy Council.