Back Hye-ryun explained

Birth Date:17 February 1967
Birth Place:Jangheung, South Korea
Alma Mater:Korea University
Party:Democratic
Office:Member of the National Assembly
Constituency:Gyeonggi Suwon B
Termstart:30 May 2016

Back Hye-ryun (; born 17 February 1967) is a South Korean prosecutor-turned parliamentarian.

From 2000, she worked as a state prosecutor. In 2011, she resigned the post to publicly criticise political favouritism of Prosecution Service towards the Lee Myung-bak government.[1] In 2012, she became the member of then-opposition party, Democratic United Party.

After winning the election in 2016, she took several roles in her party such as its deputy floor leader from May 2016 to May 2017 and its spokesperson from May 2017 to August 2018.[2] From October 2018, she has led the women's committee of her party.[3] As an ex-prosecutor, her legislative agenda focused on reforming the prosecution service.

On 2 May 2021, Back was elected one of five elected members of the Supreme Council of her party receiving third most votes among seven candidates.[4]

Back holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Korea University.

Electoral history

ElectionYearDistrictParty AffiliationVotesPercentage of votesResults
By-election2014Gyeonggi Suwon BDemocratic United Party23,964 38.20%Lost
20th National Assembly General Election2016Gyeonggi Suwon BDemocratic Party50,982 47.14%Won
21st National Assembly General Election2020Gyeonggi Suwon BDemocratic Party84,500 60.6%Won

References

  1. News: Lee (이). Yeong-gyeong (영경). http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201111280305015&code=940301. 2011-11-28. Hankook Ilbo. 2011-12-08. Korean. ko:"검찰, 정치 중립 못 지켜" 현직 여검사 전격 사표.
  2. Web site: 민주 백혜련 대변인…검사 출신으로 '검찰 개혁' 활동. 2017-05-15. The Korea Economic Daily.com. ko. 2020-04-16.
  3. Web site: 여성위원장에 백혜련 의원 당선. 2018-10-10. JoongAng Ilbo. ko. 2020-04-16.
  4. News: 2 May 2021. 민주당 최고위원에 김용민·강병원·백혜련·김영배·전혜숙(상보). 2 May 2021.