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
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 10 July 1977 – 10 July 1983
In office 26 July 1998 – 25 July 2016
Personal details
Born	(1941-05-22)22 May 1941 Okayama, Japan
Died	28 July 2021(2021-07-28) (aged 80) Okayama, Japan
Political party	Democratic 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]