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Kuroda Kiyotaka

October 16, 1840 – August 23, 1900

Prime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889

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Count Kuroda Kiyotaka was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889. He was one of the genrō, or senior statesman of the Meiji era. Born in the Satsuma Domain to a samurai family, Kuroda was involved in the colonization of Hokkaido, the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876, and the suppression of the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877. After his tenure as prime minister, which ended due to his inability to revise the unequal treaties imposed on Japan, Kuroda also served as Minister of Communications and President of the Privy Council.

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  • Birthday · October 16
  • Anniversary · August 23

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