was a

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politician. He held different cabinet posts and served as defense minister from 1988 to 1989.

Early life

Tazawa was born in 1918. He was a native of Inakadate,

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Career

Tazawa was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was first elected to the

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in 1960 and served there until 1996 when he lost his seat in the

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. From 24 December 1976 to 28 November 1977 he was the director of national land agency. He was appointed minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries on 30 November 1981 in a cabinet reshuffle and succeeded Takeo Kameoka in the post. The cabinet was headed by

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. Tazawa was in office until 26 November 1982. He was appointed

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and director-general of the Japan Defense Agency (today defense minister) on 24 August 1988 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister

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. He replaced

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in the post who had resigned from office. Tazawa retained his post in the late December 1988 reshuffle. 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. He served in the post until his death in 2001.

Personal life and death

Tazawa's wife managed a large farm in Aomori which is one of the significant

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and

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regions in Japan. Tazawa died of

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at a hospital in

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, Aomori Prefecture, on 12 December 2001.

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