Kunio Hatoyama

Kunio Hatoyama
鳩山 邦夫
Official portrait, 2008
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
In office
24 September 2008 – 16 June 2009
Prime MinisterTarō Asō
Preceded byHiroya Masuda
Succeeded byTsutomu Sato
Minister of Justice
In office
27 August 2007 – 2 August 2008
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded byJinen Nagase
Succeeded byOkiharu Yasuoka
Minister of Labour
In office
28 March 1994 – 30 June 1994
Prime MinisterTsutomu Hata
Preceded byChikara Sakaguchi
Succeeded byMansō Hamamoto
Minister of Education
In office
5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byYutaka Inoue
Succeeded byMayumi Moriyama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
26 June 2000 – 21 June 2016
Preceded byIssei Koga (Fukuoka 6th)
Succeeded byJirō Hatoyama
ConstituencyTokyo PR (2000–2005)
Fukuoka 6th (2005–2016)
In office
23 June 1980 – 2 March 1999
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byYoshikatsu Nakayama
ConstituencyTokyo 8th (1980–1993)
Tokyo 2nd (1994–1999)
In office
10 December 1976 – 7 September 1979
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyTokyo 8th
Personal details
Born(1948-09-13)13 September 1948
Tokyo, Japan
Died21 June 2016(2016-06-21) (aged 67)
Tokyo, Japan
Political party
  • 1976: NLC-endorsed independent
  • 1978: LDP
  • 1993: Independent
  • Jan. 1994: Reform Assembly
  • July 1994: Liberal Reform League
  • Dec. 1994: NFP
  • 1996: ("Old") DPJ
  • 1998: ("New") DPJ
  • 1999: Independent
  • 2000: LDP
  • 2010: Independent
  • 2012: LDP
SpouseEmily Hatoyama
Children
  • Tarō Hatoyama
  • Hanako Hatoyama
  • Jirō Hatoyama
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Kunio Hatoyama (鳩山邦夫, Hatoyama Kunio, 13 September 1948 – 21 June 2016) was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications under Prime Ministers Shinzō Abe and Yasuo Fukuda until 12 June 2009.