Mamoru Shigemitsu
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Mamoru Shigemitsu (重光 葵, July 29 1887 - June 27, 1957) was the Japanese Minister of Foreign affairs at the end of World War II.
He, along with Yoshijiro Umezu, signed the instrument of surrender on September 2, 1945. He was later convicted of war crimes, and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. He was paroled in 1950, and again served as Foreign minister (1954-1956).
Prior to that, he was
- Japan's ambassador to the Republic of China (1931-1932)
- Vice minister of foreign affairs (1933-1936)
- Ambassador to the Soviet Union 1936-1938
- Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1938-1941).
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Before World War II, he was wounded by a Korean patriot in Shanghai, China and lost his leg. He walked with an artificial leg and cane for the rest of his life.
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