Ichirō Hatoyama | |
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鳩山 一郎 | |
Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956 |
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Monarch | Shōwa |
Preceded by | Shigeru Yoshida |
Succeeded by | Tanzan Ishibashi |
Personal details | |
Born |
Tokyo City, Japan |
1 January 1883
Died | 7 March 1959 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
(aged 76)
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1955–1959) |
Other political affiliations |
Rikken Seiyūkai (1915–1940) Japan Liberal Party (1945–1948) Democratic Liberal Party (1948–1950) Liberal Party (1950–1953) Liberal Party–Hatoyama (1953) Liberal Party (1953) Japan Democratic Party (1954–1955) |
Spouse(s) | Kaoru |
Children |
Iichiro Yuriko Reiko Setsuko Keiko Nobuko |
Religion | Baptist |
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Ichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 一郎 Hatoyama Ichirō?, 1 January 1883 – 7 March 1959) was a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from 10 December 1954 through 19 March 1955, from then to 22 November 1955, and from then through 23 December 1956.
Ichirō Hatoyama was, as his name indicates, the first born boy. He was born into a wealthy cosmopolitan family in Tokyo. His father Kazuo Hatoyama (1856–1911) was a Yale graduate (and Speaker of the House of Representatives) and his mother Haruko Hatoyama (1863–1938) was a famous author and the founder of Kyoritsu Women's University. His brother Hideo Hatoyama was a noted jurist.
Ichirō was a Master Mason and a Protestant Christian (Baptist). He was Japan's third postwar Christian Prime Minister.
Iichirō Hatoyama, Ichirō's only son, made a career for himself as a civil servant in the Budget Bureau of the Finance Ministry. Iichirō retired after having achieved the rank of administrative Vice Minister. In his second career in politics, he rose to become Foreign Minister of Japan in 1976–1977.