Egi Kazuyuki (, May 21, 1853 – August 23, 1932) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician in Meiji and Taishō period.

Biography

Egi Kazuyuki was the son of a samurai in

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, Suō Province. He attended the English School in Osaka and then began studying at the Sapporo Agricultural College and the Southern University (Daigaku Nankō). He transferred to the engineering school of Ministry of Industry, which he had to leave in 1874 due to illness. He then moved to the

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and was initially a teacher at the Kaisei Academy in

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. He later became an inspector in the Ministry of Education and in 1890 a councilor before becoming Director General of the Department of General School Affairs in the Ministry of Education in 1891. In 1892 he moved to the

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and became the secretary of Minister Inoue Kaoru. He then served as governor of

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(1896–1897),

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(1897),

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(1897–1898), Hiroshima Prefecture (1898–1903), and

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(1903–1907). In 1904, Egi was awarded a seat in the House of Peers. In January 1924, he was appointed

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of the Kiyoura Cabinet, serving until the cabinet dissolved in June of the same year, and then became a member of the Privy Council. He was a recipient of the

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(4th class, 1896; 2nd class, 1902; 1st class, 1906) and the Order of the Sacred Treasure (4th class, 1895; 3rd class, 1899) as well as being a member of the French

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(joined 1901). {{DEFAULTSORT:Kazuyuki, Egi 1853 births 1932 deaths Japanese Home Ministry government officials Government ministers of Japan Education ministers of Japan Members of the House of Peers (Japan) Governors of Ibaraki Prefecture Governors of Tochigi Prefecture Governors of Aichi Prefecture Governors of Hiroshima Governors of Kumamoto Prefecture Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class Commanders of the Legion of Honour Politicians from Yamaguchi Prefecture