Yu Eui-dong explained

Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
Yu Eui-dong
Honorific Suffix:MP
Native Name Lang:ko
Birth Date:23 June 1971
Birth Place:Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Citizenship:South Korean
Office1:President of the New Conservative Party
Term Start1:5 January 2020
Term End1:17 February 2020
Serving with:
Ha Tae-keung
Oh Shin-hwan
Chung Woon-chun
Ji Sang-wook
Predecessor1:Position established
Successor1:Position abolished
Office2:Member of the National Assembly
Constituency2:Pyeongtaek B
Term Start2:31 July 2014
Predecessor2:Lee Jae-young
Party:People Power
Otherparty:Saenuri (2014–2016)
Bareun (2017–2018)
Bareunmirae (2018–2020)
NCP (2020)
UFP (2020)
Alma Mater:Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
University of California, San Diego
Spouse:Kim Yoon-jung
Occupation:Politician
Blank1:Religion
Data1:Roman Catholic
(Christian name: Andrew Kim Taegon)
Office:Chair of the People Power Party Policy Planning Committee
Predecessor:Park Dae-chul
Term Start:16 October 2023

Yu Eui-dong (born 23 June 1971) is a South Korean conservative[1] politician who is a Member of National Assembly for the Pyeongtaek B constituency since 2014.

Early career

Prior to his political career, Yu studied Thai language at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.[2] He holds a master's degree in international relations from University of California, San Diego.[2] Following the graduation, he worked as a secretary for the ex-Prime Minister Lee Han-dong,[2] [3] as well as an aide for a former MP Ryu Ji-young.[2] [3]

Political career

Yu was elected as the MP for Pyeongtaek 2nd constituency at the 2014 by-election,[2] after the election of Lee Jae-young was nullified.[4] He gained 52.05% and defeated Chung Jang-sun of New Politics Alliance for Democracy.[5]

Few months after his re-election in 2016, he left Saenuri Party[6] (then Liberty Korea Party) and joined Bareun Party. When Yoo Seong-min was elected as the party's president in November 2017, Yu was appointed as the chief spokesperson[7] and served till the party was merged into Bareunmirae Party.

On 18 May 2017, 10 Bareun and Liberty Korea MPs including Yu proposed an amendment, which prohibits governmental researchers to be involved in politics, in order to reinforce political neutrality.[8] The proposed amendment includes the prohibition of endorsing any political party or its candidates.[8]

On 15 July 2019, Yu and Paek Seung-joo, Liberty Korea MP for Gumi 1st constituency, submitted a motion to the National Assembly to dismiss the Minister of National Defence, Jeong Kyeong-doo.[9]

On 1 December, Yu's Bareunmirae membership was suspended, as a member of the dissident group, Emergency Action for Change and Innovation.[10] The group, later renamed as New Conservative Party,[11] became a new political party, but was soon merged into the United Future Party (UFP; now People Power Party).

Personal life

Yu is a son of Yu Kwang, a former Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly member[2] who died in 2017.[12]

References

  1. News: 4 December 2019. 유의동 "보수재건 꿈꾸는 평범한 시민들 발기인으로 모시겠다". 14 December 2019.
  2. News: 30 July 2014. <3선 터줏대감 정장선 누른 40대 정치신예 유의동>. 14 December 2019.
  3. News: 22 July 2019. 보좌관 출신 '신데렐라' 유의동 "보좌진은 갈등해소 전문가…의원 진출 많아져야". 14 December 2019.
  4. News: 11 August 2014. 평택乙 유의동 의원이 말하는 김무성의 NO 전략공천 실험. 14 December 2019.
  5. News: 30 July 2014. 평택을 새누리당 유의동 당선. 14 December 2019.
  6. News: 28 December 2016. 김학용·유의동 의원 새누리당 탈당. 14 December 2019.
  7. News: 15 November 2017. 바른정당 수석대변인에 '유의동 의원'. 14 December 2019.
  8. News: 21 June 2017. [세종풍향계] 출연硏 연구원 정치 발언 금지한다고? 연구원들 '부글부글']. 14 December 2019.
  9. News: 15 July 2019. [사진]국무위원(국방부장관 정경두) 해임건의안 제출]. 14 December 2019.
  10. News: 1 December 2019. 바른미래당, 유승민·오신환 '당원권 1년 정지' 징계. 14 December 2019.
  11. News: 12 December 2019. 변혁, 신당명 '새로운보수당…"이기는 야당 되겠다"(종합). 14 December 2019.
  12. News: 2 May 2017. [부고]유의동씨(국회의원) 부친상]. 14 December 2019.