Mamoru Shigemitsu

Mamoru Shigemitsu
重光 葵
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
In office December 10, 1954 – December 23, 1956
Prime Minister	Ichirō Hatoyama
Preceded by	Taketora Ogata
Succeeded by	Mitsujiro Ishii
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office December 10, 1954 – December 23, 1956
Prime Minister	Ichirō Hatoyama
Preceded by	Katsuo Okazaki
Succeeded by	Nobusuke Kishi
In office August 17, 1945 – September 15, 1945
Prime Minister	Naruhiko Higashikuni
Preceded by	Shigenori Togo
Succeeded by	Shigeru Yoshida
In office April 20, 1943 – April 7, 1945
Prime Minister	Hideki Tojo
Preceded by	Masayuki Tani
Succeeded by	Shigenori Togo
Personal details
Born	July 29, 1887 Bungo-ōno, Ōita, Empire of Japan
Died	January 26, 1957(1957-01-26) (aged 69) Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan
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.