Tadateru Konoe

In this Japanese name, the family name is Konoe.

Tadateru Konoe
近衛 忠てる
President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 November 2009
President of the Japanese Red Cross
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2005
Preceded by	Yoichi Fujimori
Personal details
Born	(1939-05-08) 8 May 1939 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse(s)	Yasuko Konoe (m. 1966)
Children	Tadahiro Konoe
Alma mater	Gakushuin University Toyo Eiwa University

Tadateru Konoe (近衛 忠揮, Konoe Tadateru, born 8 May 1939) is the president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

Tadateru Konoe is the 50th Head of the Konoe family. President of Japanese Red Cross Society since 2005, Tadateru Konoe has dedicated his entire professional career to domestic and international Red Cross Red Crescent activities. In 2009 and again in 2013, Mr. Konoe was elected President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Family

The Konoe clan (近衛家 Konoe-ke) is the original (main) family of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful noble family in Japanese history. The family goes back to Kamatari Fujiwara (614-669), Michinaga Fujiwara (966-1027) the patron and the model of Hikaru no Kimi of "Tale of Genji". They have been the main member of the Royal Family for over 1000 years.

On 16 December 1966, he married Princess Yasuko of Mikasa, a first cousin of Japanese Emperor Akihito. They have a son named Tadahiro and three grandchildren.

Academic career

Konoe was graduated in 1962 from Gakushuin University in Tokyo Japan. He received a B.A. degree in Political Science, after which he attended the London School of Economics in 1964 where he majored in International Relations. In 1994, he was lecturer on Micro study on International Relief Organizations at the Graduate School of Toyo Eiwa University, in Tokyo, Japan, and he is a lecturer, panelist, commentator, and speaker at various academic and other forums on topics including humanitarian aid, IHL, disasters, development, and bio-ethics.

Japanese Red Cross Society

President of Japanese Red Cross Society since 2005, Tadateru Konoe has dedicated his entire professional career to domestic and international Red Cross Red Crescent activities.

Before being elected president, Mr. Konoe served his National Society for 14 years as vice president (1991-2005) and as chairman for Japanese Red Cross Academy, which offered post-graduate courses for nurses. He also held the positions of director general of the International Department (1988-1991), director general of the social department (1988), international department deputy director general (1985-1988), and international director (1976-1981) for the Japanese Red Cross Society.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Mr. Konoe has held several posts in the IFRC. He has been a member of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross Red Crescent (1995-2003) and its vice chairman (1999), member of the IFRC finance commission (1985-1993), as well as officer (1972-1975) and director (1981-1985) of the IFRC disaster preparedness bureau where he started in 1972.

Red Cross Red Crescent Relief Missions

Between 1970 and 2008, Mr. Konoe was involved with over 30 Red Cross Red Crescent relief missions around the world. During his career, he has also been a board member in various associations and organizations, in addition to his work with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Ancestry

Family of Tadateru Konoe

16. Hosokawa Narimori               8. Hosokawa Morihisa                       4. Moritatsu Hosokawa                             18. Nabeshima Naomasa               9. Nabeshima Hiroko                       2. Morisada Hosokawa                                   20. Ikeda Akimasa               10. Ikeda Norimasa                       5. Hiroko Ikeda                             22. Prince Kuni Asahiko               11. Princess Akiko of Kuni                       23. Izumitei Shizue               1. Tadateru Konoe                                         24. Konoe Tadahiro               12. Konoe Atsumaro                       6. Fumimaro Konoe                             26. Maeda Yoshiyasu               13. Maeda Sawako                       3. Yoshiko Konoe                                   28. Hosokawa Yukizane               14. Mori Takanori                       7. Chiyoko Mori                             30. Ii Naoyasu               15. Ii Takako

External links

• Japanese Red Cross Society
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
• Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent