Chūichi Date

Chūichi Date (伊達 忠一, Date Chūichi, born January 20, 1939) is a Japanese retired politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who served three terms in the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) and also served as the LDP's National Diet Committee Chairman.

Chūichi Date
伊達 忠一
President of the House of Councillors
In office
1 August 2016  28 July 2019
DeputyAkira Gunji
Preceded byMasaaki Yamazaki
Succeeded byAkiko Santō
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
29 July 2001  28 July 2019
Preceded byHisamitsu Sugano
Succeeded byHarumi Takahashi
ConstituencyHokkaido
Member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
In office
1991–2001
ConstituencyAtsubetsu-ku, Sapporo
In office
1983–1987
ConstituencyAshibetsu
Personal details
Born (1939-01-20) 20 January 1939
Ashibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materSapporo Medical University

A native of Ashibetsu, Hokkaido and high school graduate, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001 after serving in the prefectural assembly of Hokkaidō. He was a former President of the House of Councillors.

After the Assassination of Shinzo Abe in July 2022 he admitted that he had asked Abe for votes from the Unification Church (UC) in the 2016 Upper House election. According to Hokkaido Television Broadcasting reporting, Date has participated in at least three events sponsored by the UC and its front organisations, including an online event in August 2020, where he stated, "I believe that the spirit of coexistence, co-prosperity, and shared meaning, which leaders Moon and Han are preaching, is more desperately needed today than ever." Date testified that when he supported Yoshifumi Miyajima of the LDP, who ran for the House of Councillors in the 2016 national proportional election, he asked Shinzo Abe to provide votes supplied from the UC. He said that Abe agreed and Miyajima was elected for the first time, but that Abe refused to allow him to run for the Upper House this time, and Miyajima had to withdraw from the race.[1] The UC support was instead distributed to Inoue Yoshiyuki.[2][3]

Election Results

References

  • 政治家情報 〜伊達 忠一〜. JANJAN ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-15.


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