| Yeo Yeong-gug | |||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
| Office1: | Leader of the Justice Party | ||||||||
| Term Start1: | 23 March 2021 | ||||||||
| Term End1: | 2 June 2022 | ||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Kang Eun-mi (acting) | ||||||||
| Successor1: | Lee Eun-ju (acting) Lee Jeong-mi | ||||||||
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly | ||||||||
| Term Start2: | 4 April 2019 | ||||||||
| Term End2: | 29 May 2020 | ||||||||
| Constituency2: | Seongsan, Changwon | ||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Roh Hoe-chan | ||||||||
| Successor2: | Kang Gi-yun | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1965 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Sacheon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea | ||||||||
| Party: | Justice Party | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Changwon National University | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Trade unionist | ||||||||
| Website: | Official website | ||||||||
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Yeo Yeong-gug (; born 28 January 1965) is a South Korean politician who led the Justice Party from 2021 to 2022. He was previously a member of the National Assembly from 2019 until 2020, and also served on the South Gyeongsang Provincial Council.[1] [2]
Yeo Yeong-gug was born on 28 January 1965 in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province. As a young man, he also worked as a senior official of the Korean Metal Workers' Union while working with labour movements.
He entered the political world, leaving the labor movement, and has since been elected as member of the South Gyeongsang Provincial Council in the 2010 local elections. He was also elected in the 2014 elections, but lost in the 2018 election. After Roh Hoe-chan's death, he ran for the by-election in the Seongsan District, Changwon.[3] On 25 March 2019, the Democratic Party's candidate Kwon Min-ho withdrew from the by-election as a candidate and declared his support for Yeo Yeong-gug.[4] [5]