Konoe Atsumaro

Konoe Atsumaro
近衛 篤麿
President of the House of Peers
In office
3 October 1896  4 December 1903
Preceded byHachisuka Mochiaki
Succeeded byTokugawa Iesato
Personal details
Born(1863-08-10)10 August 1863
Died1 January 1904(1904-01-01) (aged 40)
Tokyo, Japan
SpousesMaeda Sawako
Children
Parent
RelativesMaeda Yoshiyasu (father-in-law)
Alma materLeipzig University
OccupationPolitician, educator

Prince Konoe Atsumaro (近衛 篤麿; 10 August 1863 – 1 January 1904) was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe and the great-grandfather of Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa.