Satsuki Eda

Satsuki Eda
江田 五月
Minister of Justice
In office
14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Preceded by Yoshito Sengoku
Succeeded by Hideo Hiraoka
Personal details
Born 22 May 1941 (1941-05-22) (age 70)
Okayama, Japan
Political party Democratic Party (1996–present)
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Democratic Federation (Before 1994)

Satsuki Eda (江田 五月 Eda Satsuki?, born May 22, 1941[1] in Okayama City[2]) is the first Opposition member to serve as the President of the House of Councillors in Japan. Eda had served for three terms in the House of Councillors before his election as President on August 7, 2007 after the success of the Democratic Party in the July 2007 election for the Japanese House of Councillors. He had earlier served four terms in the House of Representatives of Japan. Eda was also the head of the Science and Technology Agency. [3]

From 1985 to 1994 he was the president of the Socialist Democratic Federation.

References

  1. ^ Profile at Democratic Party website.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Chisaki Watanabe, "Opposition to Lead Japan's Upper House", AP via Washington Post, August 6, 2007.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Saburō Eda
President of the Socialist Citizen's Federation
1977–1978
Merged into Social Democratic Federation
Preceded by
Hideo Den
President of the Socialist Democratic Federation
1985–1994
Party dissolved
House of Councillors of Japan
New constituency Councillor for Japan
1977–1983
Constituency abolished
Preceded by
Norifumi Katō
Junji Ichii
Councillor for Okayama
1998–present
Served alongside: Norifumi Katō
Incumbent
Preceded by
Chikage Ōgi
President of the House of Councillors
2007–2010
Succeeded by
Takeo Nishioka
House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by
Takeo Hiranuma
Hideo Aizawa
Yūsaku Yayama
Jōji Ōmura
Tarō Yamada
Member of the House of Representatives for
Okayama 1st district

1983–1996
Served alongside: Ichirō Aisawa, Takeo Hiranuma, Katsuyuki Hikasa, Akihiko Kumashiro, Keisuke Tanimura, Jōji Ōmura, Yūsaku Yayama
Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by
Shōichi Watanabe
Chairperson of the Science and Technology Agency
1993–1994
Succeeded by
Mikio Ōmi
Preceded by
Yoshito Sengoku
Minister of Justice
2011
Succeeded by
Hideo Hiraoka