Toshimi Kitazawa

Minister of DefenceIn office
16 September 2009 – 2 September 2011Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Naoto KanPreceded byYasukazu HamadaSucceeded byYasuo Ichikawa Personal detailsBorn (1938-03-06) 6 March 1938 (age 86)
Nagano, JapanPolitical partyDemocratic PartyAlma 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 as 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.

House of Councillors
Preceded by Ippei Koyama Kazuto Mukaiyama	Councillor for Nagano 1992–present Served alongside: Kiyoshi Imai, Masatoshi Wakabayashi, Kenta Wakabayashi	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Yasukazu Hamada	Minister of Defence 2009–2011	Succeeded by Yasuo Ichikawa