Jump to content

Toshimi Kitazawa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Toshimi Kitazawa
北澤 俊美
Minister of Defence
In office
16 September 2009 – 2 September 2011
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
Preceded byYasukazu Hamada
Succeeded byYasuo Ichikawa
Personal details
Born (1938-03-06) 6 March 1938 (age 86)
Nagano, Japan
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materWaseda 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, Nagano 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

[edit]
  • 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.
[edit]

Media related to Toshimi Kitazawa at Wikimedia Commons

House of Councillors
Preceded by Councillor for Nagano
1992–present
Served alongside: Kiyoshi Imai, Masatoshi Wakabayashi, Kenta Wakabayashi
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Defence
2009–2011
Succeeded by