Kichirō Tazawa
Japanese politician (1918–2001)
田澤 吉郎
24 August 1988 – 3 June 1989
30 November 1981 – 26 November 1982
24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977
Inakadate, Empire of Japan
Hirosaki
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.
Early life
Tazawa was born in 1918.[1] He was a native of Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture.[1][2]
Career
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
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
- ^ 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.
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| Preceded by Motosaburo Tokai | Chair, Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives of Japan 1971–1972 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Hideyo Sasaki | Chair, Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives of Japan 1974–1976 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Kosei Amano | Head of the National Land Agency 1976–1977 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Takao Kameoka | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1981–1982 | Succeeded by Iwazo Kaneko |
| Preceded by | Head of the Japan Defense Agency 1988–1989 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chair, Diet Affairs Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan 1980–1981 | Succeeded by |
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