Kuroda Kiyotaka
Kuroda Kiyotaka (9 November 1840 – 23 August 1900), also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke was a Japanese statesman and leader, who is the 2nd Prime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889 and President of the Privy Council from 1894 to 1900.
Kuroda Kiyotaka | |
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| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 31 August 1896 – 18 September 1896 Acting | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Itō Hirobumi |
| Succeeded by | Matsukata Masayoshi |
| In office 30 April 1888 – 25 October 1889 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Itō Hirobumi |
| Succeeded by | Sanjō Sanetomi (Acting) |
| President of the Privy Council | |
| In office 17 March 1894 – 23 August 1900 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Yamagata Aritomo |
| Succeeded by | Saionji Kinmochi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 9, 1840 Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain (now Kagoshima, Japan) |
| Died | August 23, 1900 (aged 59) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
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He was born in 1840 in Satsuma (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture), Japan, and was educated in traditional Confucian philosophy and Japanese literature.
