POLITICIAN

Mamoru Shigemitsu

1887 - 1957

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mamoru Shigemitsu is the 5,291st most popular politician (down from 4,746th in 2019), the 386th most popular biography from Japan (down from 300th in 2019) and the 124th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mamoru Shigemitsu ranks 5,291 out of 19,576Before him are Loukas Notaras, Al-Adil II, Sahib I Giray, Andronikos Palaiologos, Mōri Motonari, and Ahmed Qurei. After him are Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Kim Tok-hun, Bocchus I, Manuel Pinto da Costa, and Karel Schwarzenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Mamoru Shigemitsu ranks 66Before him are Mitsuru Ushijima, Blaise Cendrars, Annette Kellermann, Josef Čapek, Frederick Fleet, and Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia. After him are Joseph Bech, Savielly Tartakower, Sivananda Saraswati, James Paul Moody, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, and Conrad Hilton. Among people deceased in 1957, Mamoru Shigemitsu ranks 54Before him are Moša Pijade, Ramon Magsaysay, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Max Amann, Johnny Torrio, and Édouard Herriot. After him are Arnold van Gennep, Louis B. Mayer, Leo Perutz, Sacha Guitry, Qi Baishi, and Hermann Buhl.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mamoru Shigemitsu ranks 386 out of 6,245Before him are Izumo no Okuni (1572), Emperor Fushimi (1265), Toshio Miyaji (null), Yanosuke Watanabe (null), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), and Mōri Motonari (1497). After him are Emperor Kōbun (648), Hidesaburō Ueno (1872), Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), Sakae Takahashi (null), Emperor Sushun (520), and Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Mamoru Shigemitsu ranks 124Before him are Emperor Tenmu (631), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Emperor Fushimi (1265), and Mōri Motonari (1497). After him are Emperor Kōbun (648), Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), Emperor Sushun (520), Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535), Yamato Takeru (72), and Emperor Heizei (773).