Kiyotaka Kuroda
| Kuroda Kiyotaka | |
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| 黒田 清隆 | |
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| 2nd Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 31 August 1896 – 18 September 1896 Acting |
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| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Itō Hirobumi |
| Succeeded by | Matsukata Masayoshi |
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In office 30 April 1888 – 25 October 1889 |
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| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Itō Hirobumi |
| Succeeded by | Sanjō Sanetomi (Acting) |
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9 November 1840 Shinyashiki tōri-Chō, Japan |
| Died | 23 August 1900 (aged 59) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
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Count Kuroda Kiyotaka (黒田 清隆?, November 9, 1840 – August 23, 1900), also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke (黒田 了介?), was a Japanese politician of the Meiji era. He was the second Prime Minister of Japan from April 30, 1888, to October 25, 1889.
Kuroda was born to a samurai-class family serving the Shimazu daimyō of Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain, in Kyūshū.
In 1862, Kuroda was involved in the Namamugi incident, in which Satsuma retainers killed a British national who refused to bow down to the daimyo's procession. This led to the Anglo-Satsuma War in 1863, in which Kuroda played an active role. Immediately after the war, he went to Edo where he studied gunnery.
Returning to Satsuma, Kuroda became an active member of the Satsuma-Chōshū joint effort to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate. Later, as a military leader in the Boshin War, he became famous for sparing the life of Enomoto Takeaki, who had stood against Kuroda's army at the Battle of Hakodate.
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