Tadateru Konoe
| Tadateru Konoe | |
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| 近衛 忠てる | |
| President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | |
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Assumed office 22 November 2009 |
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| President of the Japanese Red Cross | |
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Assumed office April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Yoichi Fujimori |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 May 1939 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality |
 Japanese
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| Spouse(s) | Yasuko Konoe (m. 1966) |
| Children | Tadahiro Konoe |
| Alma mater |
Gakushuin University Toyo Eiwa University |
Tadateru Konoe (近衛 忠煇 Konoe Tadateru?, born 8 May 1939) is the president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Tadateru Konoe is the 50th Head of the Konoe family. President of Japanese Red Cross Society since 2005, Tadateru Konoe has dedicated his entire professional career to domestic and international Red Cross Red Crescent activities. In 2009 and again in 2013, Mr. Konoe was elected President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
The Konoe clan (近衛家 Konoe-ke) is the original (main) family of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful noble family in Japanese history. The family goes back to Kamatari Fujiwara (614-669), Michinaga Fujiwara (966-1027) the patron and the model of Hikaru no Kimi of "Tale of Genji". They have been the main member of the Royal Family for over 1000 years.
On 16 December 1966, he married Princess Yasuko of Mikasa, a first cousin of Japanese Emperor Akihito. They have a son named Tadahiro and three grandchildren.
Konoe was graduated in 1962 from Gakushuin University in Tokyo Japan. He received a B.A. degree in Political Science, after which he attended the London School of Economics in 1964 where he majored in International Relations. In 1994, he was lecturer on Micro study on International Relief Organizations at the Graduate School of Toyo Eiwa University, in Tokyo, Japan, and he is a lecturer, panelist, commentator, and speaker at various academic and other forums on topics including humanitarian aid, IHL, disasters, development, and bio-ethics.
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