Satsuki Eda
Satsuki Eda | |
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江田 五月 | |
Official portrait, 2010 | |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 27 June 2011 – 2 September 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Ryu Matsumoto |
| Succeeded by | Goshi Hosono |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Yoshito Sengoku |
| Succeeded by | Hideo Hiraoka |
| President of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 28 July 2007 – 25 July 2010 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Vice President | Akiko Santō |
| Preceded by | Chikage Oogi |
| Succeeded by | Takeo Nishioka |
| Director-General of the Science and Technology | |
| In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Morihiro Hosokawa |
| Preceded by | Shōichi Watanabe |
| Succeeded by | Mikio Ōmi |
| President of the Socialist Democratic Federation | |
| In office 10 February 1985 – 22 May 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Hideo Den |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 1998 – 25 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Norifumi Kato |
| Succeeded by | Kimi Onoda |
| Constituency | Okayama at-large |
| In office 10 July 1977 – 10 July 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | National district |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 19 December 1983 – 27 September 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Hideo Aizawa |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Okayama 1st |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1941 Okayama, Japan |
| Died | 28 July 2021 (aged 80) Okayama, Japan |
| Political party | CDP (2017–2021) |
| Other political affiliations | SDF (1977–1994) JNP (1994) NFP (1994–1996) Independent (1996–1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP (2016–2017) |
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Satsuki Eda (江田 五月, Eda Satsuki, 22 May 1941 – 28 July 2021 in Okayama City) was a Japanese politician who was the first opposition member to serve as the President of the House of Councillors from 2007 to 2010. Eda had served for three terms in the House of Councillors before his election as president on 7 August 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 from 1983 to 1996. Eda was also the head of the Science and Technology Agency.