Kunio Hatoyama

Kunio Hatoyama
鳩山 邦夫
Official portrait, 2008
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
In office
24 September 2008  16 June 2009
Prime MinisterTarō Asō
Preceded byHiroya Masuda
Succeeded byTsutomu Sato
Minister of Justice
In office
27 August 2007  2 August 2008
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded byJinen Nagase
Succeeded byOkiharu Yasuoka
Minister of Labour
In office
28 March 1994  30 June 1994
Prime MinisterTsutomu Hata
Preceded byChikara Sakaguchi
Succeeded byMansō Hamamoto
Minister of Education
In office
5 November 1991  12 December 1992
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byYutaka Inoue
Succeeded byMayumi Moriyama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
26 June 2000  21 June 2016
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byJirō Hatoyama
ConstituencyTokyo PR (2000–2005)
Fukuoka 6th (2005–2016)
In office
23 June 1980  2 March 1999
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byYoshikatsu Nakayama
ConstituencyTokyo 8th (1980–1993)
Tokyo 2nd (1994–1999)
In office
10 December 1976  7 September 1979
ConstituencyTokyo 8th
Personal details
Born(1948-09-13)13 September 1948
Tokyo, Japan
Died21 June 2016(2016-06-21) (aged 67)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLDP (1978–1993; 2000–2010; 2012–2016)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (1976–1978; 1993–1994; 1999–2000; 2010–2012)
NFP (1994–1996)
DP (1996–1998)
DPJ (1998–1999)
SpouseEmily Hatoyama
Children
  • Tarō
  • Hanako
  • Jirō
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Kunio Hatoyama (鳩山邦夫, Hatoyama Kunio; 13 September 1948 – 21 June 2016) was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications under Prime Ministers Shinzō Abe and Yasuo Fukuda until 12 June 2009.