Norihisa Satake

Norihisa Satake

Norihisa Satake ( Japanese 佐 竹 敬 久 , Satake Norihisa ; born November 15, 1947 in Kakunodate , Semboku County (now: Semboku ), Akita Prefecture ) is a non-party Japanese politician and governor of Akita.

Satake, a graduate of Tōhoku University , was an official in the prefecture administration from 1972. In 1997 he left the civil service career to prepare for his move into politics. From 2001, Satake was elected mayor of Akita City for the first of two four-year terms . From 2007 he sat the "National Mayors' Conference " ( zenkoku shichōkai ). He resigned in February 2009, five months before his mandate expired.

His candidacy as an independent in the gubernatorial election on April 12, 2009 was supported by the LDP Akita, but also by the Social Democrats and union representatives. He won by over 50,000 votes over Hiroshi Kawaguchi, who was supported by the Democrats , and two other candidates. The election was after the corruption scandal surrounding the democratic party leader Ichirō Ozawa in March 2009 as a mood test for the Shūgiin election in 2009 , in which Ozawa wants to challenge the unpopular Prime Minister Tarō Asō .

Satake took over the governorship on April 20, 2009 from predecessor Sukeshiro Terata .

The prefectural authority announced on July 23, 2012 that Norihisa Satake would give Russian President Vladimir Putin an Akita in gratitude for the assistance and support given by Russia after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 . The puppy, born on April 24, 2012, is female and has thick red hair. On July 26, 2012, the dog left for Moscow. Vladimir Putin himself chose the name Yumi ( Japanese 夢 , dream) for the Akita. In return, the governor of Akita received a Siberian tomcat . The hangover was presented to the governor on February 5, 2013 in the presence of the Russian ambassador Afanasyev. Norihisa Satake has given the tomcat the name ミ ー ル, Mīru (derived from Russian мир , peace) and will raise him along with 7 other cats. The governor declared that for the fulfillment of our dreams ( Japanese 夢 , Yume) peace ( Russian мир ) is essential . Mīru weighed 4 kg in February 2013 and was 50 cm tall.

family

Satake is the 21st chief of the house of the Satake clan, which is derived from the Minamoto and who ruled over several areas in the provinces of Hitachi and Ugo until the Meiji Restoration . Since the beginning of the Edo period, their home country has been the Kubota - han (also: Akita-han ), with the main castle Kubota in today's city of Akita.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Senkyo: Election result for the Akita gubernatorial election 2009 ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ LDP-supported Satake wins Akita gubernatorial election. In: The Japan Times . April 13, 2009, accessed April 17, 2009 . 
3. ↑ 秋田 犬 「ゆ め」 、 ロ シ ア へ - 秋田 県 が プ ー チ ン 大 統領 へ 寄贈 , The Akita dog Yume was given to Russian President Putin by Akita Prefecture . (Japanese)
4. ↑ 秋田 犬 の 返 礼 に シ ベ リ ア 猫 プ ー チ ン 大 統領 が 知事 に 贈 る , President Putin presents the governor with a Siberian cat as a gift in return for the Akita dog , article in Asahi Shimbun with photos of the presentation of the cat to Norihisa Satake (Japanese)

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Governor's Office on Akita Prefecture website (Japanese)