| Yeo Sang-kyoo | |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Hadong, South Gyeongsang, South Korea |
| Citizenship: | South Korean |
| Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Constituency1: | Sacheon-Namhae-Hadong |
| Term Start1: | 30 May 2012 |
| Predecessor1: | Kang Ki-gap (Sacheon) Himself (as Namhae-Hadong) |
| Constituency2: | Namhae-Hadong |
| Term Start2: | 30 May 2008 |
| Term End2: | 29 May 2012 |
| Predecessor2: | Park Hui-tae |
| Successor2: | Himself (as Sacheon-Namhae-Hadong) |
| Party: | Liberty Korea |
| Otherparty: | Grand National Party (2008-2012) Saenuri Party (2012-2016) Bareun Party (2017) |
| Alma Mater: | Seoul National University |
| Spouse: | Park Hyun-sook |
| Children: | Yeo Jung-suk |
| Occupation: | Judge, lawyer, politician |
Yeo Sang-kyoo (born 15 September 1948)[1] is a South Korean judge, lawyer and politician. He is the incumbent Member of National Assembly for Sacheon-Namhae-Hadong, as well as the Chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee.
Born in Hadong,[2] [1] Yeo was educated at Akyang Primary School, Akyang Secondary School, and Kyungnam High School.[2] [1] He earned a bachelor's degree in law from Seoul National University.[2] [1] After the graduation, he passed the judicial examination in 1978,[2] [1] and was appointed as a judge of the Seoul Central District Court in 1980.[1] In 1990, he switched to the Seoul High Court and worked there for 3 years.
Yeo is also the incumbent director of the Bang Il-young Cultural Foundation since 1993.[1]
After working at several organisations, Yeo was brought to the Grand National Party (GNP), prior to the 2008 election. He was selected as an MP candidate for Namhae-Hadong,[3] replacing the incumbent Park Hui-tae. He defeated Kim Doo-kwan (Independent) and Kim Yoon-gon (FPPU).[2]
In 2012 election, Yeo ran for newly created Sacheon-Namhae-Hadong constituency, and won the election.[4] Few months after the re-election in 2016, he left Saenuri Party[5] (Liberty Korea Party since February 2017) and joined Bareun Party. However, he returned to Liberty Korea Party on 2 May 2017 and endorsed Hong Joon-pyo for the upcoming presidential election.[6]
On 27 January 2018, Unanswered Questions of SBS reported that Suk Dal-yoon was convicted of letting spy in 1981, where Yeo was the judge in charge.[7] [8] [9] In the programme, Suk's son, Suk Kwon-ho, explained that his father was tortured by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, such as putting a ballpoint pen refill into his penis.[7] [9] Following are the telephone conversation between Yeo and the programme emcee.[9]
Following his reaction, several Democratic MPs including Sohn Hye-won, Jin Sun-mee and Jung Chung-rae condemned him.[8] Jin called his reaction as "disgusting", whereas Jung criticised him as "disrespectful".[8] Kwon Sung-joo, the spokesperson of the Bareun Party, urged him to apologise.[10]
| Year | Constituency | Political party | Votes (%) | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 34,874 (56.73%) | Won | |||
| 2012 | 57,840 (50.30%) | Won | |||
| 2016 | 59,717 (54.83%) | Won |