Mamoru Shigemitsu
Mamoru Shigemitsu | |
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重光 葵 | |
Shigemitsu in 1945 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Ichirō Hatoyama |
| Preceded by | Taketora Ogata |
| Succeeded by | Mitsujiro Ishii |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Ichirō Hatoyama |
| Preceded by | Katsuo Okazaki |
| Succeeded by | Nobusuke Kishi |
| In office 17 August 1945 – 15 September 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Naruhiko Higashikuni |
| Preceded by | Shigenori Togo |
| Succeeded by | Shigeru Yoshida |
| In office 20 April 1943 – 7 April 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Hideki Tojo |
| Preceded by | Masayuki Tani |
| Succeeded by | Shigenori Togo |
| Minister of Greater East Asia | |
| In office 17 August 1945 – 25 August 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Naruhiko Higashikuni |
| Preceded by | Shigenori Tōgō |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| In office 22 July 1944 – 7 April 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Kuniaki Koiso |
| Preceded by | Kazuo Aoki |
| Succeeded by | Kantarō Suzuki |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 2 October 1952 – 26 January 1957 | |
| Constituency | Ōita 2nd |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 15 August 1945 – 29 August 1945 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 July 1887 Bungo-ōno, Ōita, Japan |
| Died | 26 January 1957 (aged 69) Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Political party | LDP (1955–1957) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (before 1952) Kaishintō (1952–1954) JDP (1954–1955) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Mamoru Shigemitsu (重光 葵, Shigemitsu Mamoru; July 29, 1887 – January 26, 1957) was a Japanese diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times during and after World War II and as Deputy Prime Minister. As a civilian plenipotentiary representing the Japanese government, Shigemitsu cosigned the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945.