Toshimi Kitazawa

Toshimi Kitazawa
北澤 俊美
Minister of Defence
In office 16 September 2009 – 2 September 2011
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Yasukazu Hamada
Succeeded by	Yasuo Ichikawa
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 26 July 1992 – 25 July 2016
Preceded by	Ippei Koyama
Succeeded by	Hideya Sugio
Constituency	Nagano at-large
Member of the Nagano Prefectural Assembly
In office 1975–1992
Constituency	Nagano City
Personal details
Born	(1938-03-06) 6 March 1938 Nagano, Japan
Political party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Waseda University

Toshimi Kitazawa (北澤 俊美, Kitazawa Toshimi, born March 6, 1938) is a previous Japanese defence minister. He is a politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagano City and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1992 after serving in the assembly of Nagano Prefecture for five terms. He had joined the Democratic Party of Japan in 1998. On 16 September 2009; Kitazawa was appointed the Minister of Defence by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. He was re-appointed by Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the cabinet shift, and was the Minister of Defence until 2 September 2011.

He retired in 2016, and was succeeded by Hideya Sugio.

References

• 政治家情報 〜北沢 俊美〜. Senkyo ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2007.

External links

Media related to Toshimi Kitazawa at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website in Japanese.