Chūichi Date

Chūichi Date
Chūichi Date
伊達忠一
President of the House of Councillors
	In office; 1 August 2016 – 28 July 2019
Deputy	Akira Gunji
Preceded by	Masaaki Yamazaki
Succeeded by	Akiko Santō
Member of the House of Councillors
	In office; 29 July 2001 – 28 July 2019
Preceded by	Hisamitsu Sugano
Succeeded by	Harumi Takahashi
Constituency	Hokkaido
Member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
	In office; 1991–2001
Constituency	Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo
	In office; 1983–1987
Constituency	Ashibetsu
Personal details
Born	20 January 1939 (age 85); Ashibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Sapporo Medical University

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.

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 Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly. 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

2001

2007

2013

References

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

External links

Official website in Japanese.

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[1] "I asked Mr. Abe for votes from the Unification Church"

[2] 【解説】伊達前参議院議長　安倍元総理に旧統一教会票を依頼

[3] Unification Church ties to Japan's lawmakers emerge as major political issue

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