Park Jung-hyun (politician)

Park Jung-hyun (Korean: 박정현; Hanja: 朴貞炫; 4 November 1964) is a South Korean politician serving as Mayor of Daedeok District of Daejeon and Daejeon's first woman district mayor from July 2018.[1]

Before entering politics in 2010, Park had worked at environmental organisations most notably as Green Korea United's deputy secretary general from 2008 after Kim Je-nam and its Daejeon-Chungnam branch's secretary general from 1997.[2]

In the 2010 election, Park was placed as the top of the proportional list of her party. In 2011 she resigned from vice-chair of Industry and Construction Committee of Daejeon Metropolitan Council over issuing Municipal bond to fund the construction of accommodation for Daejeon Hana Citizen, a football club owned by the City.[3]

In the 2014 election, Park was re-elected. Since then, she took multiple roles in her party such as vice chair of its Women's Committee, vice chair of its Special Committee on Fine Dust and co-spokesperson of Moon Jae-in's second presidential campaign in Daejeon.[4]

In the 2018 election, Park defeated the incumbent Daedeok Mayor from opposition party becoming the first woman mayor of any of 5 districts in Daejeon.[1] She is also the first mayor of Daedeok not from now-United Future Party or its preceding parties in 12 years.[4]

Park holds LLB from Chungnam National University.