Kazuo Hatoyama (鳩山 和夫 Hatoyama Kazuo, May 6, 1856 – October 3, 1911) was the patriarchal head of the prominent Japanese Hatoyama political family which has been called "Japan's Kennedy family."[1]
Kazuo was a graduate of Yale University.[2]
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His wife, Haruko Hatoyama, was a co-founder of what is known today as Kyoritsu Women's University. His son is former Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama, who founded and was the first president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).[3] His grandson was former Foreign Minister Iichirō Hatoyama. His younger great-grandson Kunio Hatoyama served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications under Prime Minister Taro Aso until June 12, 2009. His older great-grandson Yukio Hatoyama is the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and represents the 9th district of Hokkaidō in the House of Representatives. Yukio became Prime Minister on September 16, 2009, following a win by the opposition coalition in the 2009 elections.
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Haruko Hatoyama |
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Kazuo Hatoyama |
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Kaoru Hatoyama |
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Ichirō Hatoyama |
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Yasuko Hatoyama |
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Iichirō Hatoyama |
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Miyuki Hatoyama |
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Yukio Hatoyama |
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Emily Hatoyama |
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Kiichirō Hatoyama |
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Tarō Hatoyama |
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Kazuo was speaker of the House of Representatives of the Diet of Japan from 1896 to 1897 during the Meiji era.[3] He later served as the president of Waseda University.[3]
| House of Representatives of Japan | ||
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| Preceded by Masataka Kusumoto |
Speaker of the House of Representatives 1896–1897 |
Succeeded by Kenkichi Kataoka |
| New district | Representative for Tokyo's Tokyo city district (multi-member) 1902–1911 Served alongside: Ukichi Taguchi, Soroku Ebara, numerous others |
Succeeded by Masutarō Takagi ... |
| Preceded by Tsugutsune Yoshino |
Representative for Tokyo's 9th district 1892–1902 |
District eliminated |