Tadateru Konoe is the former president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
13 Facts About Tadateru Konoe
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Tadateru Konoe is the 32nd Head of the Konoe family.
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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.
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In 2009 and again in 2013, Konoe was elected President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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Tadateru Konoe was replaced as President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies by Francesco Rocca on 6 November 2017.
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Tadateru Konoe was born with the name Moriteru Hosokawa and his paternal ancestry can be traced back to the Japanese Imperial Family since the Hosokawa clan is a branch of Seiwa Genji, a branch of the Minamoto clan.
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The Tadateru Konoe family is the most senior branch of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful noble family throughout Japanese history.
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Tadateru Konoe is a second cousin once removed of the Emperor Akihito, as both of them are descended from Prince Kuni Asahiko of the Kuni-no-miya imperial branch house.
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Tadateru Konoe was graduated in 1962 from Gakushuin University in Tokyo Japan.
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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.
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Tadateru Konoe held the positions of director general of the International Department, director general of the social department, international department deputy director general, and international director for the Japanese Red Cross Society.
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Tadateru Konoe has been a member of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross Red Crescent and its vice chairman, member of the IFRC finance commission, as well as officer and director of the IFRC disaster preparedness bureau where he started in 1972.
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Between 1970 and 2008, Mr Tadateru Konoe was involved with over 30 Red Cross Red Crescent relief missions around the world.