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Ichiro Hatoyama

Ichirō Hatoyama
鳩山 一郎
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Prime Minister of Japan
In office
10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956
Monarch Shōwa
Preceded by Shigeru Yoshida
Succeeded by Tanzan Ishibashi
Personal details
Born (1883-01-01)1 January 1883
Tokyo City, Japan
Died 7 March 1959(1959-03-07) (aged 76)
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
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.


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