Kichirō Tazawa (田沢 吉郎, Tazawa Kichirō, 1918 – 12 December 2001) was a Japanese politician. He held different cabinet posts and served as defense minister from 1988 to 1989.
Kichirō Tazawa | |
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| 田澤 吉郎 | |
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| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 24 August 1988 – 3 June 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Noboru Takeshita |
| Preceded by | Tsutomu Kawara |
| Succeeded by | Taku Yamasaki |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 30 November 1981 – 26 November 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Zenko Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Takao Kameoka |
| Succeeded by | Iwazo Kaneko |
| Head of the National Land Agency | |
| In office 24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Kosei Amano |
| Succeeded by | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1918 Inakadate, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 12 December 2001 (aged 83) Hirosaki |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
Early life edit
Tazawa was born in 1918.[1] He was a native of Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture.[1][2]
Career edit
Tazawa was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.[3] He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1960 and served there until 1996 when he lost his seat in the election.[3] From 24 December 1976 to 28 November 1977 he was the director of national land agency.[4]
He was appointed minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries on 30 November 1981 in a cabinet reshuffle and succeeded Takeo Kameoka in the post.[5] The cabinet was headed by Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki.[5] Tazawa was in office until 26 November 1982.[5] He was appointed minister of state and director-general of the Japan Defense Agency (today defense minister) on 24 August 1988 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.[6] He replaced Tsutomu Kawara in the post who had resigned from office.[7] Tazawa retained his post in the late December 1988 reshuffle.[6] He was in office until 3 June 1989 when Taku Yamasaki was appointed to the post. Tazawa retired from politics and was appointed president of Hirosaki Gakuin University.[3] He served in the post until his death in 2001.[3]
Personal life and death edit
Tazawa's wife managed a large farm in Aomori which is one of the significant agricultural and fishing regions in Japan.[2] Tazawa died of esophagus cancer at a hospital in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on 12 December 2001.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "田沢 吉郎". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ a b "US stake in Japanese trade; How Japan's farmers block imports". The Christian Science Monitor. 25 March 1982. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Ex-LDP politician Tazawa dies at 83". Japan Policy & Politics. 13 December 2001. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ Janet Hunter, ed. (1984). Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-520-04390-9.
- ^ a b c "Cabinet". Colombus. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Cabinet shuffled in Japan". Chicago Sun-Times. 28 December 1988. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Japan's Military Chief Quits". Los Angeles Times. 25 August 1988. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Obituary: Kichiro Tazawa". The Japan Times. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 15 October 2013.