Yun Ho-jung

Yun Ho-jung (Korean: 윤호중, born 27 March 1963) is a South Korean politician and former activist. He is the incumbent Member of the National Assembly for Guri. He also served as the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Korea from 2018 to 2020.

Yun Ho-jung
윤호중
Secretary-General of the Democratic Party
In office
3 September 2018  31 August 2020
PresidentLee Hae-chan
Preceded byLee Choon-suak
Succeeded byPark Kwang-on
Member of the National Assembly for Guri
Assumed office
30 May 2012
Preceded byJoo Kwang-deok
In office
30 May 2004  29 May 2008
Preceded byChun Yong-won
Succeeded byJoo Kwang-deok
Personal details
Born (1963-03-27) 27 March 1963
Gapyeong, Gyeonggi, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations
PDP (1988-1991)
NDUP (1991-1992)
NCNP (1995-2000)
MDP (2000-2003)
Uri (2003-2007)
UNDP (2007-2008)
UDP (2008)
DP (2008-2011)
DUP (2011-2013)
DP (2013-2014)
NPAD (2014-2015)
ParentsLee Soon-ye (mother; died in 2017)[1]
Alma materSeoul National University
OccupationPolitician
ReligionRoman Catholic
(Christian name : Martin)

Career

Born in Gapyeong in 1963, Yun attended to Chuncheon High School.[2] Then, he studied philosophy at Seoul National University in 1980s.[2] In 1984, he was detained for being involved in SNU fraction incident;[3] another notable figures involved are Rhyu Si-min,[4] Paek Tae-woong[5] and Shim Jae-chul.[6]

He has started political career in 1988, being the assistant administrator of the Office of Planning & Coordination of the Peace Democratic Party.[2][7] Since then, he became closer to the party chairman, Kim Dae-jung (aka DJ), who was later elected as the President of the Republic.[2] Yun used to work at the Office of the President under the President Kim, mainly handling issues related to policy planning.[2] From 1991, he has also been the secretary to the former MP Han Kwang-ok, a notable pro-DJ figure.[8]

Yun initially contested as an MP candidate for Guri in 2000 election under the banner of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) but was not elected.[8] The year after, he was appointed the deputy spokesperson of the MDP.[8] He later withdrew from the MDP and joined the Uri Party along with the other dissidents. In 2004 election, he was elected to the National Assembly.[2][7]

Though he was not re-elected in 2008, Yun led his Democratic Party to form an opposition alliance with the Democratic Labour Party, the Creative Korea Party, the New Progressive Party and the National Participation Party at the 2010 local elections.[2] Following his re-election in 2012 under the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) banner, he worked for an alliance of the DUP candidate Moon Jae-in and an independent candidate Ahn Cheol-soo for the presidential election in December.[2] In 2013, he contested for the DUP's vice presidency but was not elected.[2][7]

After the election of Moon Jae-in in 2017, Yun was considered as one of potential candidates for the newly-created Minister of SMEs and Startups[9][10] but was not appointed. In September 2018, he was appointed the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Korea, shortly after the election of the party president Lee Hae-chan.[11]

Political views

Formerly holding pro-LGBT himself,[12] Yun has expressed his anti-LGBT views prior to the 2020 election, stating that his party is not willing to cooperate with pro-LGBT parties i.e. Green Party Korea.[13]

He is a moderate figure of pro-Moon Jae-in faction.[2]

Election results

General elections

YearConstituencyPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
2000GuriMDP20,376 (31.82%)Defeated
2004GuriUri36,433 (43.91%)Won
2008GuriUDP29,046 (43.03%)Defeated
2012GuriDUP40,524 (48.67%)Won
2016GuriDemocratic40,820 (46.59%)Won
2020GuriDemocratic64,668 (58.64%)Won

References

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