Kuroda Kiyotaka

Kuroda Kiyotaka
黒田 清隆
President of the Privy Council
In office
17 March 1894 – 23 August 1900
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byYamagata Aritomo
Succeeded bySaionji Kinmochi
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
31 August 1896 – 18 September 1896
Acting
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byItō Hirobumi
Succeeded byMatsukata Masayoshi
In office
30 April 1888 – 25 October 1889
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byItō Hirobumi
Succeeded bySanjō Sanetomi (Acting)
Personal details
Born(1840-11-09)9 November 1840
Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain
(now Kagoshima, Japan)
Died23 August 1900(1900-08-23) (aged 59)
Tokyo, Japan
Cause of deathIntracerebral hemorrhage
Political partyIndependent
Signature
Japanese name
Kyūjitai黑田 淸隆
Shinjitai黒田 清隆
Transcriptions
RomanizationKuroda Kiyotaka

Count Kuroda Kiyotaka (黒田 清隆, 9 November 1840 – 23 August 1900), also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke (黒田 了介), was a Japanese statesman and diplomat of the Meiji era who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889. He was also President of the Privy Council, Minister of Communications and Vice Chairman of the Hokkaido Development Commission (Kaitaku-shi). He was one of the initiators of the Treaty of Saint Petersburg in 1875.[1]

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kuroda Kiyotaka" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 578, p. 578, at Google Books.