Park Ju-won | |||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
Office: | Secretary-General of Onward for Future 4.0 | ||||||||
Term End: | 17 February 2020 | ||||||||
Term Start: | 23 December 2019 | ||||||||
Predecessor: | Office established | ||||||||
Successor: | Office abolished | ||||||||
Office1: | Mayor of Ansan | ||||||||
Term Start1: | 1 July 2006 | ||||||||
Term End1: | 30 June 2010 | ||||||||
Predecessor1: | Song Jin-sub | ||||||||
Successor1: | Kim Chul-min | ||||||||
Birth Date: | 6 October 1958 | ||||||||
Birth Place: | Gochang-gun, North Jeolla Province, South Korea | ||||||||
Alma Mater: | Korea University | ||||||||
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Park Ju-won (; born 6 October 1958) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th Mayor of Ansan. He also served as the Secretary-General of the short-lived Onward for Future 4.0.
Park was born on October 6, 1958, in Gochang-gun, North Jeolla Province, South Korea. He graduated from Korea University with a degree in law.
Park was elected Mayor of Ansan in 2006[1] with 51.23% of the popular vote, he ran under the Grand National Party. After his term as Mayor of Ansan ended in 2010, he was involved in a corruption scandal for alleged money laundering. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison and a fine of ₩130,000,000. This sentence was later overturned by the Supreme Court of Korea.[2]
In 2019, he was appointed as Secretary-General of Onward for Future 4.0; he was the first and last Secretary-General for the short-lived party.[3] [4]