| Jang Sung-min | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1963 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Goheung, South Jeolla | ||||||||
| Party: | People Power | ||||||||
| Otherparty: | Democratic (2008-2016) GNUP (2017-2018) Bareunmirae (2018-2020) | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Sogang University | ||||||||
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Jang Sung-min (; born 5 September 1963) is a South Korean politician. He was formerly the president of the Grand National Unity Party.[1]
Jang was born in Goheung County, South Jeolla Province. He started his political career under former president Kim Dae-jung. He was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the Millennium Democratic Party in 2000 but lost in 2002 due to his violation of election law.[2]
In 2012, he became one of the hosts of the television show Jang Sung-min's Current Affairs Tank.[3]
While he was working at Jang Sung-min's Current Affairs Tank, he was involved in controversies about reporting that the Gwangju Uprising was supported by North Korea.[4] Although he denied it, the controversy was taken seriously.[4]
He declared that he would run for the upcoming presidential election as a member of People's Party.[3] He registered to enter for the party, however, the party rejected his bid.[5] Because of that, he was forced to create a new party with the name of Grand National Unity Party.
After GNUP was dissolved, in March 2018, he entered to Bareunmirae Party.[6]