Editing Kiyoura Keigo (section)

==Political career==
Nomura was appointed governor of [[Saitama Prefecture]] in 1873 and appointed Kiyoura to a junior-grade civil service position there.

In 1876, at the age of twenty-six, Kiyoura joined the [[Ministry of Justice (Japan)|Ministry of Justice]], and served as a prosecutor and helping draft Japan's first modern [[Criminal procedure]]s 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. Kiyoura went on to serve as Vice Minister of Justice, and Minister of Justice and while at the Ministry of Justice, he helped draft the [[Peace Preservation Law]] of 1887.

In 1891, he was selected as a member of the [[House of Peers (Japan)|House of Peers]] by Imperial nomination. A close ally of [[Yamagata Aritomo]], he was rewarded with numerous cabinet positions, including that of Justice Minister in the second [[Matsukata Masayoshi|Matsukata]] and second Yamagata administrations, and Justice, [[Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce|Agriculture and Commerce]] ministers in the first [[Katsura Tarō|Katsura]] administration.

In 1902, Kiyoura was elevated to the title of [[baron]] (''danshaku'') in the ''[[kazoku]]'' peerage system. He received the 1st class of the [[Order of the Sacred Treasures]] the following year, and in 1906 was awarded with the 1st class of the [[Order of the Rising Sun]]. In September 1907, his title was elevated to [[viscount]] (''shishaku'').

In 1914, when Kiyoura was a [[Privy Council (Japan)|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.