Kōki Hirota
Kōki Hirota | |
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廣田 弘毅 | |
Portrait, c. 1936 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 9 March 1936 – 2 February 1937 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Keisuke Okada |
| Succeeded by | Senjūrō Hayashi |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 4 June 1937 – 26 May 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Naotake Satō |
| Succeeded by | Kazushige Ugaki |
| In office 14 September 1933 – 2 April 1936 | |
| Prime Minister | Saitō Makoto Keisuke Okada Himself |
| Preceded by | Uchida Kōsai |
| Succeeded by | Hachirō Arita |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 31 May 1937 – 13 December 1945 Nominated by the Emperor | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1878 Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 23 December 1948 (aged 70) Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Allied-occupied Japan |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Shizuko Hirota
(m. 1905; died 1946) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
| Signature | |
| Criminal conviction | |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Convictions | Crimes against peace War crimes |
| Trial | International Military Tribunal for the Far East |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Kōki Hirota (廣田 弘毅, Hirota Kōki, 14 February 1878 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. Originally his name was Jōtarō (丈太郎). He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials.