Kijūrō Shidehara

Junior First Rank Baron Kijūrō Shidehara
幣原 喜重郎
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946
Monarch	Hirohito
Governor	Douglas MacArthur
Preceded by	Naruhiko Higashikuni
Succeeded by	Shigeru Yoshida
In office 14 November 1930 – 10 March 1931 Acting
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Osachi Hamaguchi
Succeeded by	Osachi Hamaguchi
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 11 February 1949 – 10 March 1951
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Komakichi Matsuoka
Succeeded by	Joji Hayashi
Member of the House of Representatives for Osaka 3rd District
In office 26 April 1947 – 10 March 1951
Member of the House of Peers
In office 29 January 1926 – 25 April 1947
Personal details
Born	(1872-09-13)13 September 1872 Sakai, Nara Prefecture, Empire of Japan (nowadays Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
Died	10 March 1951(1951-03-10) (aged 78) Tokyo, Allied-occupied Japan
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University
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Baron Kijūrō Shidehara (幣原 喜重郎, Shidehara Kijūrō, 13 September 1872 – 10 March 1951) was a Japanese politician. He was the prime minister of Japan from 1945 to 1946. He was a leading supporter of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II.

In October 1931, Shidehara was seen on the cover of Time with the caption "Japan's Man of Peace and War".

Family

In 1903 Shidehara married Masako Iwasaki, who came from the family that founded the Mitsubishi zaibatsu. This made him the brother-in-law of Katō Takaaki, who had also been prime minister.