Hamao Arata

Hamao Arata
濱尾 新
President of the Privy Council
In office
13 January 1924  25 September 1925
MonarchTaishō
Preceded byKiyoura Keigo
Succeeded byHozumi Nobushige
Vice President of the Privy Council
In office
15 February 1922  13 January 1924
PresidentKiyoura Keigo
Preceded byKiyoura Keigo
Succeeded byIchiki Kitokurō
Minister of Education
In office
6 November 1897  12 January 1898
Prime MinisterMatsukata Masayoshi
Preceded byHachisuka Mochiaki
Succeeded bySaionji Kinmochi
Personal details
Born12 May 1849
Toyooka, Tajima, Japan
Died25 September 1925(1925-09-25) (aged 76)
Tokyo, Japan

Viscount Hamao Arata (濱尾 新, 12 May 1849 – 25 September 1925) was a Japanese official and educator from the Meiji and Taishō periods, who served as President of the Privy Council from 1924 to 1925. He was a significant figure in the early development of the University of Tokyo.

Hamao hailed from Toyooka, Hyōgo. He was an official in the Ministry of Education and an academic administrator, serving twice as the president of Tokyo Imperial University and once as Minister of Education. He later served as a courtier, supervising the household and education of the future Emperor Hirohito.