永えい年ねん在ざい職しょく議ぎ員いん

noun

long-standing Diet member

Refers to a member of the Japanese Diet (parliament) who has served for many years, often implying seniority or institutional memory.

• 彼かれは永えい年ねん在ざい職しょく議ぎ員いんとして、多おおくの法ほう案あん成せい立りつに貢こう献けんした。

  As a long-standing Diet member, he contributed to the passage of many bills.