Katsuo Okazaki

Katsuo Okazaki
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
30 April 1952  10 December 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byShigeru Yoshida
Succeeded byMamoru Shigemitsu
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
6 May 1950  26 December 1951
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byKaneshichi Masuda
Succeeded byShigeru Hori
Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council
In office
5 January 1942  1 August 1943
Preceded byJohn Hellyer Liddell
Succeeded byCouncil disbanded
Personal details
Born10 July 1897
Kanagawa, Japan
Died10 October 1965(1965-10-10) (aged 68)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party (1955–1963)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Liberal Party (1949–1950)
Liberal Party (1950–1955)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Katsuo Okazaki (岡崎 勝男, Okazaki Katsuo; 10 July 1897 10 October 1965) was a Japanese diplomat, politician and sportsman. He served as the Japanese foreign minister in the 1950s. He was also the final – and only Japanese – chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council.