Kuroda Kiyotaka

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Junior First Rank Count Kuroda Kiyotaka
黒田 清隆
President of the Privy Council
In office 17 March 1894 – 23 August 1900
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Yamagata Aritomo
Succeeded by	Saionji Kinmochi
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 31 August 1896 – 18 September 1896 Acting
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Itō Hirobumi
Succeeded by	Matsukata Masayoshi
In office 30 April 1888 – 25 October 1889
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Itō Hirobumi
Succeeded by	Sanjō Sanetomi (Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1840-11-09)9 November 1840 Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain (now Kagoshima, Japan)
Died	23 August 1900(1900-08-23) (aged 59) Tokyo, Japan
Cause of death	Intracerebral hemorrhage
Political party	Independent
Signature
Japanese name
Kyūjitai	黑田 淸隆
Shinjitai	黒田 清隆
Transcriptions Romanization Kuroda Kiyotaka

Count Kuroda Kiyotaka (黒田 清隆, 9 November 1840 – 23 August 1900) 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.