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Mamoru Shigemitsu
重光 葵
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
In office
December 10, 1954 – December 23, 1956
Prime MinisterIchirō Hatoyama
Preceded byTaketora Ogata
Succeeded byMitsujiro Ishii
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
December 10, 1954 – December 23, 1956
Prime MinisterIchirō Hatoyama
Preceded byKatsuo Okazaki
Succeeded byNobusuke Kishi
In office
August 17, 1945 – September 15, 1945
Prime MinisterNaruhiko Higashikuni
Preceded byShigenori Togo
Succeeded byShigeru Yoshida
In office
April 20, 1943 – April 7, 1945
Prime MinisterHideki Tojo
Preceded byMasayuki Tani
Succeeded byShigenori Togo
Personal details
BornJuly 29, 1887
Bungo-ōno, Ōita, Empire of Japan
DiedJanuary 26, 1957(1957-01-26) (aged 69)
Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
Hongkew Park, Shanghai, after the bombing in which Shigemitsu lost his leg on April 29, 1932.
Shigemitsu (with cane) on board USS Missouri, September 2, 1945
Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at the end of World War II, accompanied by Toshikazu Kase (right).

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.

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