Tadateru Konoe

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Tadateru Konoe
近衛 忠煇
2008
Honorary President of the Japanese Red Cross
Incumbent
Assumed office June 28, 2019
President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
In office 22 November 2009 – 6 November 2017
Succeeded by	Francesco Rocca
President of the Japanese Red Cross
In office April 2005 – June 28, 2019
Preceded by	Yoichi Fujimori
Succeeded by	Yoshiharu Otsuka
Personal details
Born	Moriteru Hosokawa (1939-05-08) 8 May 1939 (age 85) Tokyo, Japan
Spouse	Princess Yasuko of Mikasa ​ ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	Tadahiro Konoe [ja]
Relatives	Morihiro Hosokawa (brother）
Alma mater	Gakushuin University Toyo Eiwa University

Tadateru Konoe (近衛 忠煇, Konoe Tadateru, born 8 May 1939) is the former president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).^[1]

Tadateru Konoe is the 32nd Head of the Konoe family. President of Japanese Red Cross Society since 2005, Tadateru Konoe has dedicated his entire professional career to domestic and international Red Cross Red Crescent activities. In 2009 and again in 2013, Konoe was elected President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He was replaced as President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) by Francesco Rocca on 6 November 2017.