Tokuichiro Tamazawa
玉沢 徳一郎
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
30 June 1994  8 August 1995
Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama
Preceded byAtsushi Kanda
Succeeded bySeishirō Etō
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
1976
Personal details
Born (1937-12-16) 16 December 1937
Tarō, Iwate, Empire of Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Alma materWaseda University

Tokuichiro Tamazawa (玉沢 徳一郎, Tamazawa Tokuichirō, born December 16, 1937) 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]

References

  1. "President voices concern over Hu, Fukuda meeting". Taipei Times. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-28.


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