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Kijūrō Shidehara

Kijūrō Shidehara
幣原 喜重郎
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44th Prime Minister of Japan
In office
9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946
Monarch Shōwa
Governor Douglas MacArthur
Preceded by Naruhiko Higashikuni
Succeeded by Shigeru Yoshida
In office
14 November 1930 – 10 March 1931
Acting
Monarch Shōwa
Preceded by Osachi Hamaguchi
Succeeded by Osachi Hamaguchi
Personal details
Born (1872-09-13)13 September 1872
Kadoma, Japan
Died 10 March 1951(1951-03-10) (aged 78)
Tokyo, Japan
Political party Independent
Alma mater Tokyo Imperial University

Baron Kijūrō Shidehara (幣原 喜重郎 Shidehara Kijūrō?, 13 September 1872 – 10 March 1951) was a prominent pre–World War II Japanese diplomat and the 44th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 October 1945 to 22 May 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II, and was also the last Japanese prime minister who was a member of the kazoku. His wife, Masako, was the fourth daughter of Iwasaki Yatarō, founder of the Mitsubishi zaibatsu.

Shidehara was born in Kadoma, Osaka. His brother Taira was the first president of Taihoku Imperial University. Shidehara attended Tokyo Imperial University, and graduated from the Faculty of Law, where he had studied under Hozumi Nobushige. After graduation, he found a position within the Foreign Ministry and was sent as a consul to Chemulpo in Korea in 1896.

He subsequently served in the Japanese embassy in London, Antwerp, and Washington D.C. and as ambassador to the Netherlands, returning to Japan in 1915.


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