Tokuichiro Tamazawa

Tokuichiro Tamazawa
玉沢 徳一郎
Official portrait, 1999
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Shōichi Nakagawa
Succeeded by	Yoichi Tani
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office 30 June 1994 – 8 August 1995
Prime Minister	Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by	Atsushi Kanda
Succeeded by	Seishirō Etō
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 14 November 2003 – 21 July 2009
Constituency	Tohoku PR
In office 19 July 1993 – 2 June 2000
Constituency	Iwate 1st (1993–1996) Tohoku PR (1996–2000)
In office 10 December 1976 – 24 January 1990
Constituency	Iwate 1st
Personal details
Born	(1937-12-16) 16 December 1937 Tarō, Iwate, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Waseda University

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

Tamazawa with Taiwanese Vice President Chen Chien-jen in 2017

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.

External links

• 政治家情報 〜玉沢 徳一郎〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-06.