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Mitsumasa Yonai
米内 光政
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
16 January – 22 July 1940
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byNobuyuki Abe
Succeeded byFumimaro Konoe
Minister of the Navy
Empire of Japan
In office
2 February 1937 – 30 August 1939
Prime Minister
  • Senjūrō Hayashi
  • Fumimaro Konoe
  • Hiranuma Kiichirō
Preceded byOsami Nagano
Succeeded byYoshida Zengo
In office
22 July 1944 – 1 December 1945
Prime Minister
  • Kuniaki Koiso
  • Kantarō Suzuki
  • Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
  • Kijūrō Shidehara
Preceded byNaokuni Nomura
Succeeded byNone (Position abolished)
Personal details
Born(1880-03-02)2 March 1880
Mitsuwari, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Died20 April 1948(1948-04-20) (aged 68)
Resting placeMorioka Japan
Political partyIndependent
SignatureMitsumasa Yonai
Military service
AllegianceMitsumasa Yonai Empire of Japan
Branch/serviceMitsumasa Yonai Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service1901–1945
Rank Admiral
CommandsKasuga, Iwate, Fusō, Mutsu, First Expeditionary Fleet, IJN 3rd Fleet, Combined Fleet, IJN 1st Fleet

Mitsumasa Yonai (米内 光政, Yonai Mitsumasa, 2 March 1880 – 20 April 1948) was a Japanese navy officer and politician. He served as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Minister of the Navy, and Prime Minister of Japan in 1940.

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