Itō Hirobumi

was a Japanese politician and thinker.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002).  "Itō Hirobumi" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 404. He served as the 1st, 5th, 7th, 10th Prime Minister of Japan. Prime Minister of Japan and Cabinet (Kantei),   "Prime Ministers in History, 1st-30th (1885-1934)"; retrieved 2012-4-29.

Ito was the first Japanese Governor General of Korea 1896–1909. 

 Political life 
In 1874, Ito became the Interior Minister, and from 1878 to 1880, he served as the Second Interior Minister. From 1884 to 1887, Ito was Imperial Household Minister. 

From 1885 to 1888, he was first Prime Minister of Japan, and also, in 1887, was the  Adjunct Foreign Minister of Japan. He served again as Prime Minister from 1892 to 1896, and again in 1898, and his final term was in 1900-1901 as the 10th Prime Minister.

He was killed for political reasons. 

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