Tokuichiro Tamazawa | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
Primeminister: | Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori |
Term Start: | 5 October 1999 |
Term End: | 4 July 2000 |
Predecessor: | Shōichi Nakagawa |
Successor: | Yoichi Tani |
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 |
Constituency2: | Tohoku PR |
Term Start2: | 14 November 2003 |
Term End2: | 21 July 2009 |
Constituency3: | Iwate 1st (1993–1996) Tohoku PR (1996–2000) |
Term Start3: | 19 July 1993 |
Term End3: | 2 June 2000 |
Constituency4: | Iwate 1st |
Term Start4: | 10 December 1976 |
Term End4: | 24 January 1990 |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1937 |
Birth Place: | Tarō, Iwate, Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Waseda University |
is a former Japanese politician who served 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 Taiwan and Japan.[1]