Hamao Arata

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Viscount Hamao Arata
濱尾 新
8th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 30 March 1925 – 30 March 1925
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Hirata Tosuke
Succeeded by	Makino Nobuaki
President of the Japanese Privy Council
In office 13 January 1924 – 25 September 1925
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Kiyoura Keigo
Succeeded by	Hozumi Nobushige
Personal details
Born	12 May 1849 Toyooka, Tajima, Japan
Died	25 September 1925(1925-09-25) (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan

Viscount Hamao Arata (濱尾 新, 12 May 1849 – 25 September 1925) was a Japanese politician and educator of the Meiji period, originally hailing from Toyooka, Hyōgo. He was active in the Monbu-shō (present Monka-shō) and as the president of institutions such as Tokyo Imperial University.^[1] Hamao was also, very briefly, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan. He was ennobled as a baron on 23 September 1907 and advanced to viscount on 25 November 1921.