Ha Tae-keung

Ha Tae-keung (Korean: 하태경, born 26 April 1968) is South Korean activist[1][2] and politician serving as a member of National Assembly in Haeundae 1st constituency. He served as one of Vice Presidents in Bareun Party,[1][2] then Bareunmirae Party. He is now one of the co-Presidents of the New Conservative Party.[3]

In this Korean name, the family name is Ha.
Ha Tae-keung
하태경
Ha Tae-keung in 2011
President of the New Conservative Party
In office
5 January 2020 – 17 February 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2016
Preceded byPosition established
ConstituencyBusan Haeundae District 1st
In office
30 May 2012 – 29 May 2016
Preceded byAhn Kyung-ryul
Succeeded byPosition abolished
ConstituencyBusan Haeundae District & Gijang County 2nd
Personal details
Born (1968-04-26) 26 April 1968
East District, Busan, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political party United Future
Other political
affiliations		Grand national (2011-2012)
Saenuri (2012-2016)
Bareun (2017-2018)
Bareunmirae (2018-2020)
New Conservative (2020)
Alma materJilin University
OccupationActivist, politician

Biography

Born at Busan in 1968,[1] Ha used to be a democratic activist[2] under the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan. During the early 1990s, he was also one of the members of National University Students Association (NUSA),[1] along with Lim Soo-kyung and Im Jong-seok. Ha was detained in 1991 due to the breach of National Security Act.[4][2] He returned to his activist career after released in 1993.[5]

During the 2000s, Ha was interested with North Korean human rights, and involved into the related activities.[6][1][2]

Political career

Ha entered Grand National Party (GNP),[6] later Saenuri Party, in 2011, and was elected as an MP just after a year.[1][2] He was re-elected in 2016.[1][2]

During the political scandal in 2016, Ha left Saenuri and formed Bareun party along with other Saenuri's dissidents.[1] He ran for the party's presidency in May 2017, but lost to Lee Hye-hoon. Instead, he was elected for vice presidency. After Kim Se-yeon left the party, Ha became the party's sole Busan MP.[7]

Ha ran for Bareunmirae's presidency during the leadership election in September 2018.[8] He came to 2nd and lost to Sohn Hak-kyu, instead, he became one of Vice Presidents.[9][1][2]

Political positions

Ha is politically "centre-right"[10] who opposes extremist politics, including both far-left and far-right. He spoke up for the dissolution of "far-right" Liberty Korea Party (LKP), like the banning of "far-left" Unified Progressive Party (UPP).[11] He also condemned Bareun MPs who returned to LKP.

Ha is also an opponent of Japanophobia, and criticised anti-Japan movement during the mid of 2019.[12] However, there is also criticism that some of his political moves are populist.[13] In fact, he once made remarks in 2014 defending Ilbe Storehouse.[14]

Election results

General elections
YearConstituencyPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
2012Haeundae District & Gijang County 2ndSaenuri44.80%Won
2016Haeundae District 1stSaenuri51.75%Won

References
  1. "[프로필] 하태경 바른미래 최고위원…'사이다 정치' 재선". 2 September 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. "[바른미래 최고위원 프로필] '유일한 PK' 하태경, 최고위원만 네 번째". 2 September 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. 이, 재걸. "[21대 국회를 이끄는 사람들 | 미래통합당 하태경 당선인(부산 해운대갑)] "불공정 타파로 세대 벽 허물어야"". 내일신문. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  4. "[후보 분석] 6명 中 1명 軍 미필..새누리 '질병'-민주 '수형'". 23 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. "새누리당은 종북뻐꾸기 하태경 의원을 즉각 제명하라!". 15 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. "N. Korean rights activist to run for Assembly". 25 January 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  7. "하태경, 김세연 탈당에 "제가 PK 유일 바른정당 의원…마지막 자존심 지킬 것"". 9 January 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  8. "바른미래당 전당대회 현역 출마 러시… 손학규는 8일 출마선언". 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  9. "바른미래당, 전당대회…손학규 신임 대표 선출". 2 September 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. "From Prison to the President's Office: A Former Radical Helps Shape Korean Detente". 23 April 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  11. "바른정당 토론회서 "종북몰이는 극우"…한국당 해산 주장도". 9 July 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  12. "명동에 'No Japan'…하태경·이언주 "상인 죽일 셈이냐"". 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  13. Lee Hyung-Min (23 January 2019). "하태경 "이 시대의 약자는 20·30 男…여성우대 법 손볼 것"". 국민일보. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  14. Digital News Team (9 September 2014). "하태경 "일베 등 20대 우파들은 아직은 희망이 있다"". 경향신문. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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