Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Yoshida Shigeru Yoshida Shigeru (吉田 茂, September 22,1878 - October 20,1967) was a Prime Minister of Japan during the following periods: 45th - May 22,1946 to May 24,1947) 48th - October 15,1948 to February 16,1949 49th - February 16,1949 to October 30,1952 50th - October 30,1952 to May 21,1953 51st - May 21,1953 to December 10,1954 He was born in Tokyo. Preceded by: Shidehara Kijuro (1) Ashida Hitoshi (2) Prime ministers of Japan Succeeded by: Katayama Tetsu (1) Hatoyama Ichiro (2) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.