Kunio Hatoyama

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 Minister	Tarō Asō
Preceded by	Hiroya Masuda
Succeeded by	Tsutomu Sato
Minister of Justice
	In office; 27 August 2007 – 2 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe; Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Jinen Nagase
Succeeded by	Okiharu Yasuoka
Minister of Labour
	In office; 28 March 1994 – 30 June 1994
Prime Minister	Tsutomu Hata
Preceded by	Chikara Sakaguchi
Succeeded by	Mansō Hamamoto
Minister of Education
	In office; 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Yutaka Inoue
Succeeded by	Mayumi Moriyama
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 26 June 2000 – 21 June 2016
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Jirō Hatoyama
Constituency	Tokyo PR (2000–2005); Fukuoka 6th (2005–2016)
	In office; 23 June 1980 – 2 March 1999
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Yoshikatsu Nakayama
Constituency	Tokyo 8th (1980–1993); Tokyo 2nd (1994–1999)
	In office; 10 December 1976 – 7 September 1979
Constituency	Tokyo 8th
Personal details
Born	13 September 1948; Tokyo, Japan
Died	21 June 2016 (aged 67); Tokyo, Japan
Political party	LDP (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)
Spouse	Emily Hatoyama
Children	Tarō; Hanako; Jirō;
Alma mater	University 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.