Tokuichiro Tamazawa | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office1: | Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency |
Primeminister1: | Tomiichi Murayama |
Term Start1: | 30 June 1994 |
Term End1: | 8 August 1995 |
Predecessor1: | Atsushi Kanda |
Successor1: | Seishirō Etō |
Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 1976 |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1937 |
Birth Place: | Tarō, Iwate, Empire of Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | Waseda University |
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a native of Tarō, Iwate and attended a graduate school at Waseda University. He was elected for the first time in 1976 as an independent after unsuccessful runs in 1969 and 1972.
From 1994 to 1995 he was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.
In May 2008 Tamazawa was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon from President Chen Shui-bian as recognition for the work he has done to foster relations between China and Japan.[1]