Yukio Hatoyama
| Yukio Hatoyama | |
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| 鳩山 由紀夫 | |
Hatoyama in September 2009
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| 60th Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010 |
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| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Tarō Asō |
| Succeeded by | Naoto Kan |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Hokkaido 9th District |
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In office 23 June 1986 – 16 December 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Manabu Horii |
| Majority | 122,345 (40.2%) (2009) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 February 1947 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal Democratic Party (Before 1993) New Party Sakigake (1993–1996) previous Democratic Party (1996–1998) Democratic Party of Japan (1998–2012) |
| Spouse(s) | Miyuki Hatoyama (1975–present) |
| Children | Kiichirō Hatoyama |
| Alma mater |
University of Tokyo Stanford University |
| Profession | Engineer Professor |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Website | Official website |
Yukio Hatoyama (鳩山 由紀夫 Hatoyama Yukio?, born 11 February 1947) is a former Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 16 September 2009 to 2 June 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan.
First elected to the House of Representatives in 1986, Hatoyama became President of the DPJ, the main opposition party, in May 2009. He then led the party to victory in the August 2009 general election, defeating the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who had been in power for over a decade. He represented the Hokkaido 9th district in the House of Representatives from 1986 to 2012.
Hatoyama comes from a prominent Japanese political family which has been likened to the Kennedy family of the United States.
Hatoyama, who was born in Bunkyō, Tokyo, is a fourth generation politician. His paternal great-grandfather, Kazuo Hatoyama, was speaker of the House of Representatives of the Diet of Japan from 1896 to 1897 during the Meiji era. Kazuo later served as the president of Waseda University. His paternal great-grandmother, Haruko Hatoyama, was a co-founder of what is known today as Kyoritsu Women's University. His paternal grandfather, Ichirō Hatoyama, was a major politician; he served as Prime Minister and was a founder and the first President of the Liberal Democratic Party in 1956. As Prime Minister, he restored diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, which cleared the way for Japan's membership in the United Nations.
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