Ito Hirobumi

Ito Hirobumi (伊藤博文, Hirobumi Ito, 1841–1909) was a Japanese politician and thinker.^[1] He served as the 1st, 5th, 7th, 10th Prime Minister of Japan.^[2]

In this Japanese name, the family name is Itō.

Itō Hirobumi
伊藤博文
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 19 October 1900 – 10 May 1901
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Yamagata Aritomo
Succeeded by	Saionji Kinmochi (Acting)
In office 12 January 1898 – 30 June 1898
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Matsukata Masayoshi
Succeeded by	Ōkuma Shigenobu
In office 8 August 1892 – 31 August 1896
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Matsukata Masayoshi
Succeeded by	Kuroda Kiyotaka (Acting)
In office 22 December 1885 – 30 April 1888
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kuroda Kiyotaka
Resident General of Korea
In office 21 December 1905 – 14 June 1909
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Sone Arasuke
Personal details
Born	(1841-10-16)16 October 1841 Tsukari, Japan
Died	26 October 1909(1909-10-26) (aged 68) Harbin, China
Political party	Independent (Before 1900) Constitutional Association of Political Friendship (1900–1909)
Spouse(s)	Itō Umeko
Alma mater	University College London
Signature
Japanese name
Kanji	伊藤 博文
Hiragana	いとう ひろぶみ
Katakana	イトウ ヒロブミ
Transcriptions Romanization Itō Hirobumi

Ito was the first Japanese Governor General of Korea 1896–1909.^[1]

Political life

In 1874, Ito became the Interior Minister, and from 1878 to 1880, he served as the Second Interior Minister. From 1884 to 1887, Ito was Imperial Household Minister.

From 1885 to 1888, he was first Prime Minister of Japan, and also, in 1887, was the Adjunct Foreign Minister of Japan. He served again as Prime Minister from 1892 to 1896, and again in 1898, and his final term was in 1900-1901 as the 10th Prime Minister.^[2]

He was killed for political reasons.^[1]

Related pages

• Meiji period