Mitsumasa Yonai

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Mitsumasa Yonai
米内 光政
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 16 January – 22 July 1940
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Nobuyuki Abe
Succeeded by	Fumimaro 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 by	Osami Nagano
Succeeded by	Yoshida Zengo
In office 22 July 1944 – 1 December 1945
Prime Minister	Kuniaki Koiso Kantarō Suzuki Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Kijūrō Shidehara
Preceded by	Naokuni Nomura
Succeeded by	None (Position abolished)
Personal details
Born	(1880-03-02)2 March 1880 Mitsuwari, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Died	20 April 1948(1948-04-20) (aged 68)
Resting place	Morioka Japan
Political party	Independent
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch/service	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1901–1945
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Kasuga, 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.