Kim Jin-pyo (politician)

Kim Jin-pyo (Korean: 김진표; Hanja: 金振杓; born 4 May 1947) is a South Korean politician previously served as government minister under Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun and currently representing Suwon at the National Assembly. He has dedicated his career in public service as a public servant for 30 years[1] and then as government minister and a parliamentarian. He is considered as the more conservative wing of centralist, liberal Democratic Party.[2][3][4]

Kim Jin-pyo
김진표
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2016
Preceded byNew constituency
ConstituencyGyeonggi Suwon E
In office
30 May 2004  15 May 2014
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byPark Kwang-on
ConstituencyGyeonggi Suwon Yeongtong-gu
Chair of Presidential State Affairs Planning Advisory Committee
In office
16 May 2017  15 July 2017
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Floor leader of Democratic Party and its succeeding party
In office
29 May 2011  4 May 2012
Preceded byPark Jie-won
Succeeded byPark Jie-won
Minister of Education and Human Resources Development
ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
28 January 2005  20 July 2006
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Prime MinisterLee Hae-chan
Han Duck-soo(acting)
Han Myeong-sook
Preceded byKim Young-shik (acting)
Succeeded byKim Byong-joon
Minister of Finance and Economy
ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
27 March 2003  10 February 2004
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Prime MinisterGoh Kun
Preceded byJeon Yoon-chul
Succeeded byLee Hun-jai
Minister for Government Policy Coordination
PresidentKim Dae-jung
In office
11 July 2002  26 February 2003
Prime MinisterJeon Yoon-chul
Kim Suk-soo
Preceded byKim Ho-shik
Succeeded byLee Young-tak
Personal details
Born (1947-05-04) 4 May 1947
Yeonbaek County, now-North Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSeoul National University
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Pre-Minister career

After passing the state exam in 1974, he began his career as a public servant at one of regional offices of National Tax Service.[3] Apart from working for Deputy Prime Minister Rha Woong-bae as his chief of staff for five months in 1996, he continued working on tax. He was part of a small task-force to prepare "real-name financial system" and one of nine people apart from then-President Kim Young-sam who knew about this before it was announced by the president.[5]

Under President Kim Dae-jung, he led the Tax and Customs Office of the Ministry of Finance and Economy from 1991 and oversaw the implementation of newly-created "real-name real estate system."[6] From 2001 he led the Ministry as its Vice-Minister. From January 2002, he worked on building country-wide High-speed Internet[7] as Senior Presidential Secretary for Policy Planning (Korean: 대통령정책기획수석) and later appointed as Minister for Government Policy Coordination.[3]

In 2002 then-President-elect Roh Moo-hyun appointed him as vice chair of his transition team[3] praising him as "the most capable public servant I have ever met."[8]

Member of State Council and National Assembly

Kim later became Roh's first Minister of Finance and Economy and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister in 2003. In 2004 he resigned for the 2004 general election upon Roh's recommendation.[9] In 2005 he was brought back to Roh's cabinet as his Minister of Education and Human Resources Development and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister.[10]

In 2007 he became the chair of Policy Planning Committee of his party, Uri Party, and its succeeding party, United New Democratic Party. From 2008 to 2010 he served as a member of his party's Supreme Council.

In 2010 he ran for his party's candidate for Gyeonggi Provincial Governor but dropped out after endorsing Rhyu Si-min from other liberal party.[3]

In 2011 he was elected as the floor leader of this party which he continued to serve in succeeding party till 2012.

In the 2014 election, he resigned from the post of three-term parliamentarian to run as his party's candidate for Gyeonggi Governor but lost to Nam Kyung-pil from opposition party.

In 2015 he became a member of advisory committee to then-party leader Moon Jae-in. He organised the "policy exposition" of his party - the first of its kind in South Korean history.[11]

In 2017 Kim joined Moon Jae-in's second presidential campaign in 2017 as the chair of its jobs committee.[3]

Upon the beginning of Moon Jae-in's presidency, Kim was appointed as the chair of State Affairs Planning Advisory Committee (Korean: 국정기획자문위원회), Moon's de facto transition team, as Moon began his presidency without having one. The Committee produced detailed blueprint of Moon's 5-year administration with 100 policy tasks based on Moon's campaign promises.[12][13]

Early life and Education

Kim was born in Yeonbaek County, now North Korean territory.[14] During Third Battle of Seoul he and his father moved south and settled in now-Suwon.[9] He was admitted to Kyungbock High School as top of his class.

He holds two degrees - LLB from Seoul National University where he completed his postgraduate programme on public policy and Master of Public Affairs from University of Wisconsin–Madison.[15][16]

Electoral history

Election Year Post Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
17th General Election 2004 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon Yeongtong-gu Uri Party 49,155 48.34% Won
18th General Election 2008 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon Yeongtong-gu Democratic Party (2008) 40,781 49.83% Won
19th General Election 2012 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon Yeongtong-gu Democratic United Party 68,274 61.02% Won
6th Local Election 2014 Gyeonggi Provincial Governor New Politics Alliance for Democracy 2,481,824 49.56% Lost
20th General Election 2016 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon E Democratic Party of Korea 62,408 51.48% Won
21st General Election 2020 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon E Democratic Party of Korea 82,002 55.2% Won

References

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  2. NEWSIS (2019-12-04). "靑, 김진표 총리 유력 검토하다 기류 선회…"보수성향·고령 등"". newsis (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  3. 고상민 (2017-05-16). "김진표 국정기획자문위원장…경제·교육부총리 지낸 4선". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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  6. "김진표 "금융실명제, 부동산실명제 내가 했다"".
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  9. 지면보기, 입력 2014 05 26 02:24 | 종합 8면 (2014-05-26). "[지방선거 D-9] 김진표 후보는 누구". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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  14. "NO.1 경제포털 :: 매일경제 - 매경 Golf". channel.mk.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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