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trustee; councillor (councilor)

member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP

member of the upper house; senator

member of the Lower House

city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman

city council member

prefectural assembly member

representative; delegate

member of the House of Councillors

member of the lower house

prefectural assembly member

lawmakers from the ruling parties; government member of parliament

pork-barrel politician; special-interest politician; politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected

all members of the Diet; members of both houses

second-generation Diet member; second-generation politician; Diet member who succeeded a parent

Diet member who succeeded a parent; Diet member who comes from a family of politicians; (lit.) hereditary Diet member

private member's bill; legislation introduced by a Diet member

Diet members caucus; caucus of the Diet

ward assemblyman

ward assemblyman; ward councillor

state legislator; member of state parliament; member of a provincial assembly

parliamentary privilege

member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives

town councillor; town council member

backbench member (Parliament, Congress, Diet); backbencher; minor politician

member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly

member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly

legislators' pension (and retirement benefits)

speaker of the Lower House

long-standing member of the Diet

counselor; counsellor; trustee

US Congress member

member of the House of Councillors