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鳩山 由紀夫 ||
 * = Yukio Hatoyama
 * 1) ** GOVERNMENT  **


 * ** He was the first elected in the house of reprsentatives in 1986 hatoyama became president of the democratic party of Japan. **
 * ** He then led the party to victory in th August 2009 general election, defeating the long governing Liberal Dempocratic Party. **
 * FAMILY **


 * ** Hatoyama comes from a prominent Japanese political family which has been likened to the Kenndeny Family **
 * ** Hatoyama, who was born in Bunkyo Tokyo is a fourth generation politician. **
 * **His paternal great-grandfather** **was speaker of the House of Representatives of the** [|**Diet of Japan**] **from 1896 to 1897 during the** **Kazuo later served as the president of** [|**Waseda University**]** . **
 * **His paternal great-grandmother,** **was a co-founder of what is known today as** [|**Kyoritsu Women's University**] **. His paternal grandfather,** **was a major politician; he served as Prime Minister and was a founder and the first** [|**President of the Liberal Democratic Party**]** As Prime Minister, he restored **[|**diplomatic relations**]** with the **[|**Soviet Union**]**, which cleared the way for Japan's membership in the **[|**United Nations**]** . **
 * ** Hatoyama is the son of **** who was **[|**Foreign Minister**]** for a time. **
 * ** Yasuko Hatoyama is known as the "Godmother" within the Japanese political world for her financial contributions to both of her sons' political ambitions. In particular, Yasuko donated billions of yen when Kunio and Yukio co-created Democratic party of Japan **** (DPJ) in 1996 to help establish her sons' fledgling political party. **
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Miyuki_Hatoyama_Michelle_Obama_Yukio_Hatoyama_and_Barack_Obama_20090923.jpg/220px-Miyuki_Hatoyama_Michelle_Obama_Yukio_Hatoyama_and_Barack_Obama_20090923.jpg width="166" height="131" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Miyuki_Hatoyama_Michelle_Obama_Yukio_Hatoyama_and_Barack_Obama_20090923.jpg"]] CAREER


 * **Hatoyama ran for a seat in** **9th district and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986 representing the ruling LDP.**
 * ** Hatoyama and his younger brother, Kunio Hatoyama, co-created the party, using billions of yen donated by their mother, Yasuko. Kunio Hatoyama eventually left the DPJ, saying the party had drifted too far to the left from its original **[|**centrist**]** roots, and rejoined the **[|**Liberal Democratic Party**]** (LDP). Yukio remained with the party through its merger with several other opposition parties in 1998. **
 * ** The elder Hatoyama became the ** [|**Democratic Party of Japan**]** 's Party Chairman and leader of the opposition from 1999 to 2002, after which he resigned to take responsibility for the confusion that arose from rumors of mergers with **** then **[|**Liberal Party**] **.**