Kaoru Hatoyama
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan
Personal details
Born(1888-11-21)21 November 1888
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died15 August 1982(1982-08-15) (aged 93)
SpouseIchirō Hatoyama
ChildrenIichirō Hatoyama
Occupationeducator and administrator

Kaoru Hatoyama (鳩山 薫, Hatoyama Kaoru, 21 November 1888 – 15 August 1982)[1] was an educator and an administrator, the schoolmaster of Kyoritsu Women's University, which was founded by her mother-in-law, Haruko Hatoyama.[2] She is well known as the wife of Ichirō Hatoyama, who was the 52nd–54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from December 10, 1954 through December 23, 1956. She was the mother of Iichirō Hatoyama, who was Japan's Foreign Minister from 1976 through 1977.

After the elections of 2009, she became more widely known as the grandmother of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his politician brother Kunio Hatoyama.

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Notes

  1. "鳩山家の人々-鳩山会館".
  2. "55. Museum Review: Hatoyama Kaikan (Bunkyo-ku)," November 18, 2008.

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