Yukio Hatoyama

His Excellency Yukio Hatoyama
鳩山 由紀夫
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
Monarch	Akihito
Deputy	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Tarō Asō
Succeeded by	Naoto Kan
President of the Democratic Party
In office 16 May 2009 – 4 June 2010
Preceded by	Ichirō Ozawa
Succeeded by	Naoto Kan
In office 25 September 1999 – 10 December 2002
Preceded by	Naoto Kan
Succeeded by	Naoto Kan
Member of the House of Representatives for Hokkaido 9th District
In office 23 June 1986 – 16 December 2012
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Manabu Horii
Majority	122,345 (40.2%) (2009)
Personal details
Born	(1947-02-11) 11 February 1947 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party (Before 1993) New Party Sakigake (1993–1996) previous Democratic Party (1996–1998) Democratic Party of Japan (1998–2012)
Spouse(s)	Miyuki Hatoyama (1975–present)
Children	1
Parents	Iichirō Hatoyama
Alma mater	University of Tokyo Stanford University City University of Hong Kong
Profession	Engineer Professor
Religion	Baptist
Website	Official website Official Twitter

Yukio Hatoyama (born 11 February 1947) is a Japanese politician. He was born in Bunkyō, Tokyo. He was Prime Minister of Japan starting in 2009 and resigned in 2010. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan until 2012. His brother, Kunio, is also a politician. He is married to Miyuki Hatoyama.He also mentioned money scandals involving a top party leader, Ichirō Ozawa, who resigned as well, in his decision to step down. Hatoyama had been pressed to leave by members of his party after doing poorly in polls in anticipation of an upper house election in July 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan. In 2013 Japan's defense minister called Hatoyama a 'traitor' for his acknowledgement of the land dispute between China and Japan. He was the grandson of former Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama.