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Also known as Ichiro Hatoyama, Ichirou Hatoyama

Prime Minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956

Key facts

Monarch
Hirohito
Deputy
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Preceded by
Shigeru Yoshida
Succeeded by
Tanzan Ishibashi
Secretary general
Nobusuke Kishi
Prime minister
Tsuyoshi Inukai , Saitō Makoto
Constituency
Tokyo 1st
Born
( 1883-01-01 ) 1 January 1883, Shinjuku, Tokyo , Japan
Died
7 March 1959 (1959-03-07) (aged 76), Bunkyō, Tokyo , Japan
Party
LDP (1955–1959)
Other political affiliations
Rikken Seiyūkai , (1915–1924; 1927–1940) Seiyūhontō (1924–1927) IRAPA (1942–1943) JLP (1945–1948) DLP (1948–1950) LP (1950–1953; 1953–1954) LP–H (1953) JDP (1954–1955) LDP (1955—)
Spouse
Kaoru Terada ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1908 ) ​
Children
6, including Iichirō
Parent s
Kazuo Hatoyama , Haruko Taga
Relatives
Hatoyama family
Alma mater
Tokyo Imperial University

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Japan
Place of death
Tokyo
Occupation
lawyer
Languages spoken
Japanese
Native language
Japanese
Religion
Baptists
Image
Hatoyama Ichirō.jpg
Residence
Hatoyama Hall
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Ichirō Hatoyama
date of birth
1883-01-01
date of death
1959-03-07
topic's main category
Category:Ichirō Hatoyama
name in kana
はとやま いちろう
name in native language
鳩山一郎
place of burial
Yanaka Cemetery
writing language
Japanese
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Encyclopedic overview

Ichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 一郎, Hatoyama Ichirō; 1 January 1883 – 7 March 1959) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956. During his tenure he oversaw the formation of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and restored official relations with the Soviet Union.

Hatoyama was born in Tokyo as the eldest son of politician Kazuo Hatoyama. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University, he practiced law before entering political life, and was first elected to the Diet in 1915 as a member of the Rikken Seiyūkai. He served as chief cabinet secretary under Giichi Tanaka from 1927 to 1929, and minister of education under Tsuyoshi Inukai and Makoto Saitō from 1931 to 1934. He was one of the leading members of the Seiyukai prior to its dissolution in 1940, and during the Pacific War opposed the cabinet of Hideki Tōjō. In 1945, Hatoyama founded the Liberal Party, which became the largest party in the first post-war election, but he was purged by the American occupation authorities before taking office, and handed the post to Shigeru Yoshida. Hatoyama was de-purged in 1951, but his conflict with Yoshida over the leadership split the Liberal Party in two. Hatoyama then founded the Democratic Party in 1954.

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