Cheong Yang-seog explained

Cheong Yang-seog
Native Name Lang:ko
Office1:Secretary-General of the People Power Party
President1:Kim Chong-in (acting)
Term Start1:19 October 2020
Term End1:11 June 2021
Predecessor1:Kim Seon-dong
Successor1:Han Ki-ho
Office2:Member of the National Assembly for Gangbuk A
Term Start2:30 May 2016
Term End2:29 May 2020
Predecessor2:Oh Young-sik
Successor2:Chun Joon-ho
Term Start3:30 May 2008
Term End3:29 May 2012
Predecessor3:Oh Young-sik
Successor3:Oh Young-sik
Birth Date:25 November 1958
Birth Place:Boseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
Citizenship:South Korean
Alma Mater:Chonnam National University
Sogang University
Party:People Power
Hangul:정양석
Hanja:鄭亮碩
Rr:Jeong Yangseok
Mr:Chŏng Yangsŏk

Cheong Yang-seog (; born 25 November 1958) is a South Korean politician in the conservative People Power Party who was elected member of the National Assembly for Gangbuk, Seoul, in the 2016 parliamentary election. He previously represented the same constituency between 2008 and 2012.

In his first term as an assemblyman, Cheong was a member of the Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee.[1] In 2010, he introduced a bill to increase the basic tax deduction for salaried workers from 1 million to 2 million South Korean won.[2] He was appointed Second Deputy Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party in 2014.[3]

Cheong was born in Boseong County, South Jeolla Province, and studied at the Korea Army Officer Candidate School before taking a course in political science at Sogang University. He entered politics as a member of the Democratic Justice Party of President Chun Doo-hwan in 1984.

On 19 October 2020, he was appointed the new Secretary-General of the People Power Party (PPP), replacing Kim Seon-dong who had resigned 5 days ago.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: 서울 강북갑 새누리당 정양석. Focus News. 14 April 2016. 25 April 2016. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20160605130042/http://www.focus.kr/view.php?key=2016041400015434492. 5 June 2016. dead.
  2. News: Lawmakers Backtrack on Move to Fix Fiscal Health. The Korea Times. 21 February 2010. 25 April 2016.
  3. News: 새누리 제2·3사무부총장에 정양석·손인춘. Yonhap News. 17 August 2014. 25 April 2016. ko.
  4. News: 19 October 2020. 국민의힘, 정양석 전 의원 신임 사무총장으로 임명. 28 January 2021.