Yukio Hatoyama
Yukio Hatoyama (born 11 February 1947) is a Japanese politician. He was born in Bunkyō, Tokyo. He was Prime Minister of Japan starting in 2009 and resigned in 2010.[3] He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan until 2012. His brother, Kunio, is also a politician. He is married to Miyuki Hatoyama.He also mentioned money scandals involving a top party leader, Ichirō Ozawa, who resigned as well, in his decision to step down. Hatoyama had been pressed to leave by members of his party after doing poorly in polls in anticipation of an upper house election in July 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan. In 2013 Japan's defense minister called Hatoyama a 'traitor' for his acknowledgement of the land dispute between China and Japan.[4] He was the grandson of former Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama.
Yukio Hatoyama | |
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鳩山 由紀夫 | |
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| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Tarō Asō |
| Succeeded by | Naoto Kan |
| President of the Democratic Party | |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 4 June 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Ichirō Ozawa |
| Succeeded by | Naoto Kan |
| In office 25 September 1999 – 10 December 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Naoto Kan |
| Succeeded by | Naoto Kan |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Hokkaido 9th District | |
| In office 23 June 1986 – 16 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Manabu Horii |
| Majority | 122,345 (40.2%) (2009) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1947 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (Before 1993) New Party Sakigake (1993–1996) previous Democratic Party (1996–1998) Democratic Party of Japan (1998–2012) |
| Spouse(s) | Miyuki Hatoyama (1975–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents | Iichirō Hatoyama |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo Stanford University City University of Hong Kong [1] |
| Profession | Engineer Professor |
| Religion | Baptist[2] |
| Website | Official website Official Twitter |
References
change- ↑ "CityU to confer honorary doctoral degrees on three distinguished persons". Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ↑ Gheddo, Piero. "Japan turning the page, closer to the Church's social doctrine". Asia News. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ McCurry, Justin (2 June 2010). "Japan's prime minister Yukio Hatoyama resigns" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ CNN, By Elizabeth Yuan. "Former Japanese prime minister slammed as 'traitor' at home". CNN.
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