Setsuzō Sawada (澤田節蔵, September 9, 1884 - July 4, 1976) was a Japanese diplomat. Born in

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in what is now the town of Iwami, he graduated from the law faculty of the University of Tokyo and joined the

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. He served in several key posts including Consul-General in New York (1929–30), Delegate to the

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(1930–32), and Ambassador to Brazil (1934–38). As a pacifist, he opposed Japan's 1933 withdrawal from the League of Nations, and as a Roman Catholic, he made appeals to the Vatican in order to put an early end to

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. He served as an advisor to the cabinet of Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki late in the war. In the wake of the war he was regarded, along with fellow veteran diplomat

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, as one of the remaining elder statesmen of his generation. He established

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and served as its chairman. He served as the first president of the

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from 1949 to 1955. One of his brothers served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations and was married to social worker

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, while another brother was an industrialist.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawada, Setsuzo 1884 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Japanese businesspeople University of Tokyo alumni People from Tottori Prefecture Permanent Representatives of Japan to the League of Nations Ambassadors of Japan to Brazil Consuls General of Japan in New York