Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Ito, Hirabumi |
Other Names |
Ito Hirabumi Hirabumie Ito Jushie Hirabumie Ito |
Born |
1841 |
Birthplace |
Japan |
Places of residence |
Japan |
Titles & honors |
Prime Minister of Japan President of the Privy Council of Japan |
Father |
Ito Juzo |
Nationality |
Japanese |
Education |
University College London |
Notes |
Hirabumi Ito was a Japanese politician, best known as the first Prime Minister of Japan. He was part of a delegation of statesmen responsible for dictating policy during the Meiji era. He visited the United States in the early 1870s to study Western currency systems and was sent around the world as a vice-envoy extraordinary as part of the Iwakura Mission. |
Occupation |
Politician |
Role |
Political |
Spouse |
Ito Umeko |
Children |
Five children |
