Itō Hirobumi

✶October 16, 1841

†October 26, 1909

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About their life

Prince Itō Hirobumi was a Japanese statesman who served as the first prime minister of Japan from 1885 to 1888. Itō held office again as prime minister three times between 1892 and 1901. He was also a member of the genrō, a group of senior statesmen who effectively dictated policy for the Empire of Japan during the Meiji era. A key figure in the making of modern Japan, Itō played a central role in the drafting of the 1889 Meiji Constitution as well as the establishment of the National Diet and Japanese cabinet system.

Japanese statesman (1841–1909)

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Biography from the article Itō Hirobumi on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.