Kōki Hirota

Junior Second Rank Kōki Hirota
廣田 弘毅
Portrait, c. 1936
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 9 March 1936 – 2 February 1937
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Keisuke Okada
Succeeded by	Senjūrō Hayashi
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 4 June 1937 – 26 May 1938
Prime Minister	Fumimaro Konoe
Preceded by	Naotake Satō
Succeeded by	Kazushige Ugaki
In office 14 September 1933 – 2 April 1936
Prime Minister	Saitō Makoto Keisuke Okada Himself
Preceded by	Uchida Kōsai
Succeeded by	Hachirō Arita
Member of the House of Peers
In office 31 May 1937 – 13 December 1945 Nominated by the Emperor
Personal details
Born	(1878-02-14)14 February 1878 Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Empire of Japan
Died	23 December 1948(1948-12-23) (aged 70) Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Allied-occupied Japan
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Shizuko Hirota ​ ​ (m. 1905; died 1946)​
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University
Signature
Criminal conviction
Criminal status	Executed
Conviction(s)	Crimes against peace War crimes
Trial	International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Criminal penalty	Death

Kōki Hirota (廣田 弘毅, Hirota Kōki; 14 February 1878 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who was the prime minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. He was executed by hanging for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials.^[1][2]

• Hirota's trial