Sadamu Shimomura
Sadamu Shimomura | |
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下村 定 | |
Shimomura in 1955 | |
| Minister of the Army | |
| In office 23 August 1945 – 1 December 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Kijūrō Shidehara |
| Preceded by | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Inspector-General of Military Training | |
| In office 25 August 1945 – 15 October 1945 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Kenji Doihara |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 2 June 1959 – 1 June 1965 | |
| Constituency | National district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1887 |
| Died | 25 March 1968 (aged 80) Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (1945) |
| Alma mater | Army War College |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Branch/service | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1908–1945 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Thirteenth Army Northern China Area Army |
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
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Sadamu Shimomura (下村 定, Shimomura Sadamu; 23 September 1887 – 25 March 1968) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the final Minister of War of the Empire of Japan.