Satsuki Eda

Satsuki Eda
Satsuki Eda
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
Deputy	Akiko Santō
Preceded by	Chikage Oogi
Succeeded by	Takeo Nishioka
Minister of Science and Technology
	In office; 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994
Prime Minister	Morihiro Hosokawa
Preceded by	Shōichi Watanabe
Succeeded by	Mikio Ōmi
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
Constituency	National
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 19 December 1983 – 27 September 1996
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 (before 1994); JNP (1994); NFP (1994–1996); Independent (1996–1998); DPJ (1998–2016); DP (2016–2017)

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 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.^[3]