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Shigeru Yoshida

1878 - 1967

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Shigeru Yoshida (吉田 茂, Yoshida Shigeru, 22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954, serving through most of the country's occupation after World War II. Yoshida played a major role in determining the course of post-war Japan by forging a strong relationship with the United States and pursuing economic recovery. Born in Tokyo to a former samurai family, Yoshida graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1906 and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He held various assignments abroad, including in China, where he advocated increased Japanese influence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shigeru Yoshida has received more than 734,535 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Shigeru Yoshida is the 2,807th most popular politician (up from 3,328th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Japan (up from 158th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Japanese Politician.

Shigeru Yoshida is most famous for his role in rebuilding Japan after World War II. He was the Prime Minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shigeru Yoshida ranks 2,807 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Barbara of Portugal, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Karolos Papoulias, Maria Anna of Bavaria, and Herodes Atticus. After him are Pekah, Ptolemy X Alexander I, Diaochan, Günter Schabowski, Ayaz Mutallibov, and Arsinoe IV of Egypt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Shigeru Yoshida ranks 18. Before him are Lucien Febvre, Robert Walser, Ferenc Molnár, Alfred Döblin, Paul Reynaud, and Milan Nedić. After him are Gustav Radbruch, Iwane Matsui, Gemma Galgani, Louis Chevrolet, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, and Stepan Shaumian. Among people deceased in 1967, Shigeru Yoshida ranks 28. Before him are Felix Yusupov, John Coltrane, Richard Kuhn, Wolfgang Köhler, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, and Françoise Dorléac. After him are Norman Angell, Hermann Joseph Muller, Brian Epstein, Robert van Gulik, Héctor Scarone, and Jaroslav Heyrovský.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigeru Yoshida ranks 131 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Eisaku Satō (1901), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Yamato Takeru (72), and Masaru Emoto (1943). After him are Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), Shunroku Hata (1879), and Tokugawa Hidetada (1579).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shigeru Yoshida ranks 41. Before him are Emperor Kōan (-427), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Eisaku Satō (1901), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), and Yamato Takeru (72). After him are Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Emperor Sujin (-147), and Emperor Kanmu (737).

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