# Shidehara Kijyuro - Prime Minister of Japan

URL: https://history-japan.com/rulers/shidehara-kijyuro
Reign: 1945-10 – 1946-05
Dynasty: Prime Ministers of Japan
Wikipedia: https://japan.kantei.go.jp/past_cabinet/044.html

Prime Minister of Japan; cabinet dates recorded by the Prime Minister’s Office.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko](https://history-japan.com/rulers/prince-higashikuni-naruhiko)
- Succeeded by: [Yoshida Shigeru](https://history-japan.com/rulers/yoshida-shigeru-1946)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1945 - [Atomic bombings and Japan’s surrender](https://history-japan.com/timeline/1945-atomic-bombings-and-japan-s-surrender)