Park Joo-hyun (politician) explained

Park Joo-hyun
Native Name Lang:ko
Birth Date:11 April 1963
Birth Place:Gunsan, North Jeolla, South Korea
Citizenship:South Korean
Office1:President of the Minsaeng Party
Term Start1:24 February 2020
Term End1:23 March 2020
Serving with Yu Sung-yup
Predecessor1:Position established
Successor1:Kim Jung-hwa
Yu Sung-yup
Office2:Member of the National Assembly
Constituency2:Proportional
Term Start2:30 May 2016
Term End2:29 May 2020
Office3:Senior Secretary to the President for National Participation
President3:Roh Moo-hyun
Term Start3:25 February 2003
Term End3:21 December 2003
Predecessor3:Position established
Successor3:Position abolished
Party:Minsaeng
Otherparty:People's (2016-2018)
Bareunmirae (de jure; 2018-2020)
Democracy and Peace (de facto; 2018-2020)
Alma Mater:Seoul National University
University of Tampere
Spouse:Hong Ki-tae
Children:1 son and 1 daughter
Occupation:Lawyer, politician

Park Joo-hyun (; born 11 April 1963) is a South Korean lawyer and politician. She is the incumbent Member of the National Assembly since 2016 and was also one of the co-Presidents of the Minsaeng Party in 2020, serving with Yu Sung-yup.

Career

Born in Gunsan, Park attended to Jeonju Girls' High School.[1] She owns a bachelor's and master's degree in law from Seoul National University. She also studied education at University of Tampere in Finland.[2]

After qualifying for the bar in 1985,[1] Park worked at the Lawyers for a Democratic Society.[3] In 2003, the President Roh Moo-hyun appointed her as the Senior Secretary to the President for National Participation[3] and served for almost a year.

Prior to the 2016 election, Park was brought into the People's Party and ran 3rd in the party list. In 2018, she declared to quit from the PP along with the other dissidents due to the disagreement of the party's decision to merge with the Bareun Party (BP) (both were later merged into the Bareunmirae Party).[4] She, along with Lee Sang-don and Chang Jung-sook, was planning to join the Party for Democracy and Peace (PDP) but unable to do so as PRs are not allowed to exit from their original parties; if they do so, their parliamentary membership will be automatically revoked.[5] Though the law did not allow her to exit, however, the PDP allowed her to hold party positions with holding Bareunmirae membership.[5] She was shortly considered as the potential candidate for the Governor of North Jeolla that can overcome the matter.[6]

On 9 January 2020, Park declared to not seek re-election in the 2020 election.[1] On 24 February, Park was elected as the co-Presidents of the Minsaeng Party along with Yu Sung-yup.[7]

Park married to Hong Ki-tae and has a son and a daughter.[3] [1] She is a Protestant.[8]

Election results

General elections

References

  1. News: 9 January 2020. 박주현 의원, 지역구 불출마 시사 '촉각'. 24 February 2020.
  2. News: 박주현 국회의원. 24 February 2020.
  3. News: 27 January 2003. [프로필] 박주현 수석 내정자]. 24 February 2020.
  4. News: 5 February 2018. 국민의당서 15명 집단 탈당…민주평화당으로. 24 February 2020.
  5. News: 17 February 2018. '몸 따로 마음 따로' 바른미래당 비례대표 3인 눈길. 24 February 2020.
  6. News: 5 April 2018. ‘박주현 전북지사 출마설’에 민평·바른미래 화색 도는 이유. 24 February 2020.
  7. News: 24 February 2020. ‘호남계 주축’ 바른미래·대안신당·평화당 3당 합당…‘민생당’ 출범. 24 February 2020.
  8. News: 17 April 2016. 기독인 당선자 18명 추가 확인… 20대 국회의원 모두 93명. 24 February 2020.

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