Satsuki Eda
| Satsuki Eda | |
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| 江田 五月 | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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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 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]
Eda graduated the University of Tokyo having passed the Japanese bar examination while studying in its law faculty. He elected to serve as a judge while undergoing training at the Legal Research and Training Institute, and worked as an assistant judge in Tokyo, Chiba and Yokohama. In 1969, he won a government scholarship to attend Linacre College, Oxford (together with then-Finance Ministry bureaucrat Haruhiko Kuroda, who went on to head the Bank of Japan).[1]
Eda's father, Socialist Democratic Federation co-founder Saburo Eda, died unexpectedly in May 1977, on the eve of a Japanese House of Councillors election in July. Eda was quickly enlisted as a SDF at-large candidate to take his father's place, and won a seat. He served until July 1983, when he declined to run in the House of Councillors election that year and instead stood in the Japanese general election in December, where he won a seat representing the Okayama 1st District. He held this seat until 1996, when he resigned to unsuccessfully run for Governor of Okayama Prefecture. From 1985 to 1994 he was the president of the Socialist Democratic Federation.
Eda returned to the House of Councillors in the 1998 election as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He served in the upper house until 2016, when he retired from politics at the age of 74.[4]
References
- 1 2 Profile at Democratic Party website.
- ↑ "江田五月 プロフィール". Eda-jp.com. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ↑ Chisaki Watanabe, "Opposition to Lead Japan's Upper House", AP via Washington Post, August 6, 2007.
- ↑ "DPJ lawmaker Eda to retire from politics in summer". The Japan Times Online. 2016-01-09. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
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| Party political offices | ||
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| 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 | ||
| 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 |
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