Kim Sung-tae
Kim Sung-tae (Korean: 김성태; Hanja: 金聖泰; born 9 July 1958) is a South Korean politician who was a labor activist.
Kim Sung-tae | |
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김성태 | |
| Chairman of the Liberty Korea Party Acting | |
| In office 15 June 2018 – 16 July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Hong Jun-pyo |
| Succeeded by | Kim Byong-joon (interim) |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Noh Hyun-song |
| Constituency | Gangseo B (Seoul) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 July 1958 Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea |
| Political party | Liberty Korea |
| Spouse(s) | Heo Deok-soon |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Hanyang University |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Seongtae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Sŏngt'ae |
Early life and career
Kim Sung-tae was born on 9 July 1958 in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province. He worked as a labor activist in the Federation of Korean Trade Unions as a young man.
Political career
He was elected in the 1998 local elections and served as the Seoul Metropolitan Council member of the National Congress for New Politics. Later, he moved to the Millennium Democratic Party and the Uri Party, and joined the conservative Grand National Party for the first time in 2008. Then, he ran for the 2008 legislative election and won.
After the 2016 South Korean political scandal, he defected from the Saenuri Party in December 2016 and joined the Bareun Party,[1] but was reinstated in May 2017, before the presidential election.[2] In November 2017, he was elected floor leader of the Liberty Korea Party. Later, In June 2018, when Hong Jun-pyo resigned his party leadership, he assumed the acting leader.
References
- "[속보] 새누리당 비박계 "35명 탈당, 27일 결행"". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 21 December 2016.
- "[속보]바른정당 비유승민계 13명 탈당···"친북 좌파세력 집권은 막아야"". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 2 May 2017.