Mamoru Shigemitsu

Mamoru Shigemitsu
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 Hereditary peerage
Personal details
Born	(1887-07-29)29 July 1887 Bungo-ōno, Ōita, Japan
Died	26 January 1957(1957-01-26) (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.