Kōki Hirota

Prime Minister of Japan

14 February 1878 Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

23 December 1948(1948-12-23) (70) Sugamo Prison, Japan

9 March 1936 – 2 February 1937

Kōki Hirota (廣田 弘毅 , Hirota Kōki, 14 February 1878 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. Originally his name was Jōtarō (丈太郎 ) . He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials.