Shigeru Yoshida

Prime Minister of Japan

22 September 1878 Yokosuka, Empire of Japan

20 October 1967(1967-10-20) (89) Tokyo, Japan

15 October 1948 – 10 December 1954

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 from 1948 to 1954. Yoshida was one of the longest-serving Japanese Prime Ministers, and is the third-longest serving Prime Minister of Post-occupation Japan.