| Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Chin Young | |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Office: | Minister of the Interior and Safety |
| Term Start: | 6 April 2019 |
| Term End: | 24 December 2020 |
| President: | Moon Jae-in |
| Primeminister: | Lee Nak-yeon Chung Sye-kyun |
| Predecessor: | Kim Boo-kyum |
| Successor: | Jeon Hae-cheol |
| Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Constituency1: | Yongsan (Seoul) |
| Term Start1: | 30 May 2004 |
| Term End1: | 29 May 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | Seol Song-ung |
| Successor1: | Kwon Young-se |
| Office2: | Minister of Health and Welfare |
| Term Start2: | 11 March 2013 |
| Term End2: | 30 September 2013 |
| President2: | Park Geun-hye |
| Predecessor2: | Im Chae-min |
| Successor2: | Moon Hyung-pyo |
| Birth Date: | 23 October 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Damyang, South Jeolla, South Korea |
| Nationality: | South Korean |
| Alma Mater: | Seoul National University University of Washington |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Party: | Saenuri Party (until 2016) Democratic Party of Korea (2016–present) |
| Website: | www.chinyoung.kr |
| Hangul: | 진영 |
| Hanja: | 陳永 |
| Rr: | Jin Yeong |
| Mr: | Chin Yŏng |
Chin Young (; born 23 October 1950) is a South Korean politician in the liberal Democratic Party of Korea, and a former member of the National Assembly representing Yongsan, Seoul. He was formerly a member of the conservative Saenuri Party, and served as the first Minister of Health and Welfare in the Park Geun-hye administration from March to September 2013.
Chin studied law as an undergraduate at Seoul National University, graduating in 1975, and attained a master's from the University of Washington School of Law in 1984. He served as a judge on the Seoul Southern District Court from 1980 to 1981, and worked as a private lawyer from 1981 to 2007.[1] [2]
Chin was first elected to the 17th National Assembly in 2004. He was re-elected twice more in 2008 and 2012 as a member of the conservative Saenuri Party.
Chin was the Minister of Health and Welfare in Park Geun-hye administration. Having previously been Park's chief secretary, he was considered a key ally of Park at the time, and advocated an expansion of government welfare spending.[3] He resigned six months after his appointment due to the administration's refusal to fulfil an election pledge to provide an additional monthly allowance for elderly citizens.[4] [5] Later, in May 2014, Chin voiced his disapproval that he had not been allowed "to leave quietly".[6]
In March 2016, Chin was one of a number of Saenuri heavyweights who were denied party nominations for the April 13 parliamentary election.[7] He left the party in response, and joined the opposition Minjoo Party.[8] At a press conference with Minjoo leader Kim Chong-in announcing his defection, Chin stated that he "cherished true party politics, not party factionalism masterminded by a certain person", and that he had joined the Minjoo Party to "fight against authoritarianism to restore democracy".[9] His comment was interpreted as an attack on Park Geun-hye. In the event, Chin was re-elected in Yongsan for his fourth legislative term in the 20th National Assembly, defeating Saenuri challenger Hwang Chun-ja.[10]