Kiyoura Keigo

Count Kiyoura Keigo (清浦 奎吾, 14 February or 27 March 1850 – 5 November 1942) was a Japanese politician.

In 1876, at the age of twenty-six, Kiyoura joined the Ministry of Justice, and served as a prosecutor and helping draft Japan's first modern Criminal procedures laws.

In 1884 he caught the attention of Yamagata Aritomo who appointed him head of the police forces in Japan, despite his relative youth of 34.

In 1914, when Kiyoura was a Privy Councillor, he received an imperial order appointing him Prime Minister of Japan following Yamamoto Gonnohyōe.

However, Kiyoura declined the post because of the controversy involving the ongoing Siemens scandal and Ōkuma Shigenobu was chosen to become prime minister instead.

Kiyoura Keigo during his premiership