| Sohn Hak-kyu | |||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
| Term Start: | 2 September 2018 | ||||||||
| Term End: | 24 February 2020 | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Kim Dong-cheol | ||||||||
| Successor: | Party dissolved | ||||||||
| Term Start1: | 28 April 2011 | ||||||||
| Term End1: | 29 May 2012 | ||||||||
| Constituency1: | Bundang B (Seongnam) | ||||||||
| Successor1: | Jhun Ha-jin | ||||||||
| Term Start2: | 30 May 2000 | ||||||||
| Term End2: | 30 June 2002 | ||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Cho Se-hyung | ||||||||
| Successor2: | Jeon Jae-hee | ||||||||
| Term Start3: | 25 April 1993 | ||||||||
| Term End3: | 6 April 1998 | ||||||||
| Predecessor3: | Yoon Hang-youl | ||||||||
| Successor3: | Cho Se-hyung | ||||||||
| Term Start4: | 3 October 2010 | ||||||||
| Term End4: | 22 December 2011 | ||||||||
| Successor4: | Position abolished | ||||||||
| Term Start5: | 17 February 2008 | ||||||||
| Term End5: | 6 July 2008 | ||||||||
| Alongside5: | Park Sang-chun | ||||||||
| Predecessor5: | Position established | ||||||||
| Term Start6: | 1 July 2002 | ||||||||
| Term End6: | 30 June 2006 | ||||||||
| Predecessor6: | Lim Chang-youl | ||||||||
| Term Start7: | 13 November 1996 | ||||||||
| Term End7: | 5 August 1997 | ||||||||
| Predecessor7: | Lee Sung-ho | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 22 November 1947 | ||||||||
| Otherparty: | Bareunmirae Party (2018–2020) People's Party (2017–2018) Democratic Party of Korea (2007–2016) | ||||||||
| Website: | http://www.hq.or.kr/ | ||||||||
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Sohn Hak-kyu (; born 22 November 1947) is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He was the leader of the liberal Democratic Party.[1] Sohn announced he was running in the 2022 presidential election as an independent candidate,[2] but subsequently withdrew his candidacy.[3]
A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.
His daughter, Sohn Won-pyung, is a novelist.