Satsuki Eda

Satsuki Eda
江田 五月
Official portrait, 2010
Minister of the Environment
In office
27 June 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byRyu Matsumoto
Succeeded byGoshi Hosono
Minister of Justice
In office
14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byYoshito Sengoku
Succeeded byHideo Hiraoka
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
10 July 1977 – 10 July 1983
ConstituencyNationwide district
In office
26 July 1998 – 25 July 2016
ConstituencyOkayama at-large district
Personal details
Born(1941-05-22)22 May 1941
Okayama, Japan
Died28 July 2021(2021-07-28) (aged 80)
Okayama, Japan
Political partyDemocratic Party (1996–2016)
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Democratic Federation (Before 1994)

Satsuki Eda (江田 五月, Eda Satsuki, 22 May 1941 – 28 July 2021[1] in Okayama City[2]) was a Japanese politician who was 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 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 of Japan. Eda was also the head of the Science and Technology Agency.[3]

  1. ^ Profile at Democratic Party website.
  2. ^ "江田五月 プロフィール". Eda-jp.com. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. ^ Chisaki Watanabe, "Opposition to Lead Japan's Upper House", AP via Washington Post, 6 August 2007.