Sadamu Shimomura

Sadamu Shimomura
下村 定
General Shimomura
Minister of the Army Empire of Japan
In office 23 August 1945 – 1 December 1945
Monarch	Emperor Hirohito
Prime Minister	Kijūrō Shidehara
Preceded by	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1887-09-23)23 September 1887 Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
Died	25 March 1968(1968-03-25) (aged 80) Tokyo, Japan[citation needed]
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch/service	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1908–1945
Rank	General
Commands	Thirteenth Army Northern China Area Army
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II

Sadamu Shimomura (下村 定, Shimomura Sadamu, 23 September 1887 – 25 March 1968) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the final Minister of War of the Empire of Japan.