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2002 South Korean Local Elections
The 3rd Local Elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2002. The ruling Millennium Democratic Party was defeated by the opposition Grand National Party, only controlled Gwangju, Jeolla and Jeju. Metropolitan city mayoral elections Seoul Incheon Daejeon Gwangju Daegu Busan Ulsan Gubernatorial elections Gyeonggi Gangwon North Chungcheong South Chungcheong North Jeolla South Jeolla North Gyeongsang South Gyeongsang Jeju Provincial-level council elections Summary Constituency seats Proportional representation seats Municipal-level mayoral elections Summary By region Municipal-level council elections 3,459 seats in municipal-level councils were contested by candidates running as independents. References {{South Korean elections 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak (; ; ; born 19 December 1941) is a South Korean businessman and politician who served as the 10th president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. Before his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction, and the mayor of Seoul from 2002 to 2006. He is married to Kim Yoon-ok and has three daughters and one son. His older brother, Lee Sang-deuk, is a South Korean politician. He is a Christian attending Somang Presbyterian Church. Lee is a graduate of Korea University and received an honorary degree from Paris Diderot University in 2011. Lee altered the South Korean government's approach to North Korea, preferring a more hardline strategy in the wake of increased provocation from the North, though he was supportive of regional dialogue with Russia, China and Japan. Under Lee, South Korea increased its visibility and influence in the global scene, resulting in the hosting of the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. However, significant controversy remains in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic People's Party (South Korea)
The Democratic People's Party is a minor conservative political party of South Korea. It was formed in 2000 by disaffected members of the Grand National Party. In the 2000 election, two members were elected to the National Assembly. A political party by the same name existed during the 1950s, during the First Republic of South Korea. Electoral results See also *Politics of South Korea The politics of the Republic of Korea take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state, and of a multi-party system. The government exercises executive power and l ... 2000 establishments in South Korea Conservative parties in South Korea Political parties established in 2000 Political parties in South Korea {{Asia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Doo-kwan
Kim Doo-kwan ( ko, 김두관, RR: ''Gim Du-gwan'', Hanja: 金斗官; born 10 April 1959) is a South Korean Democratic United Party politician, former civil servant, and former governor of South Gyeongsang Province. He was elected governor in the 2010 local elections as an independent after two previous unsuccessful attempts. He served as Minister for Home Affairs under the administration of Roh Moo-hyun, and at one point was seen as a potential contender for the DUP nomination in the 2012 presidential election. Early life and education Kim Doo-kwan was born in a village in Namhae on 10 April 1959. He studied at the Department of Political Diplomacy of Dong-A University, graduating in 1987. Political career After serving as Secretary-General of the Namhae farmers' association from 1987, Kim was prefect of Namhae County in the 1990s. He failed in a bid to become governor of South Gyeongsang in 2002. In 2003, he was chosen as Minister for Government Administration and Home A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Eui-geun
Lee Eui-geun (7 November 1938 – 21 April 2009) is the governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do, a province in eastern South Korea. He is a member of the Hannara party. He has served three consecutive terms in the position, beginning in 1995. His name has been mentioned as a possible future candidate for prime minister. Born in 1938 in Iseo-myeon, Cheongdo County, Gyeongsangbuk-do, he attended local elementary and middle schools, then transferred to Daegu Commercial High School, from which he graduated in 1958. He then went on to receive a BS in Economics from Yeungnam University in 1964. He began working for the Daegu and Gyeongbuk governments in 1961. Lee has received honorary doctorates from Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law, Yeungnam University Yeungnam University is a private research university located in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang, South Korea. The university's predecessors, Taegu College and Chunggu College, were founded in Daegu in 1947 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Hyun-wook (politician)
Kang Hyun-wook (; Hanja: 姜賢旭; born 27 March 1938) is a South Korean politician who served as the governor of North Jeolla Province from May 1988 to June 1990 and then again from July 2002 to June 2006. He also served as South Korea's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries from 1992 to 1993, as South Korea's Minister of the Environment from 1996 to 1997, and as the South Korean National Assemblyman representing Gunsan from May 1996 to June 2002. Early life and education Kang was born in March 1938 in what is now Gunsan, South Korea. He graduated from Gunsan Middle School in 1954 and Gunsan High School in 1957. He received a bachelor's degree in Foreign Studies from the Seoul National University in 1961. Career Kang has served as a Vice Minister of Economic Planning, Vice Minister of MOCIE. From December 1996 to August 1997, Kang was South Korea's Minister of the Environment. From 1992 to 1993, Kang was South Korea's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jin-sun
Kim Jin-sun (Korean: 김진선, hanja: 金振兟; born November 10, 1946) is a former governor of Gangwon Province, South Korea, and former president of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics which was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed .... He resigned from the top post of the POCOG in July 2014 only nine months after being reelected, although his current temp should have expired as late as in October 2015. References 1946 births 2018 Winter Olympics 2018 Winter Paralympics Governors of Gangwon Province Living people People from Gangwon Province, South Korea Presidents of the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games South Korean Buddhists {{SouthKorea-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohn Hak-kyu
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. Sohn announced he was running in the 2022 presidential election as an independent candidate, but subsequently withdrew his candidacy. A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford. His daughter, Sohn Won-pyung Sohn Won-pyung (born 1979; ko, 손원평) is a South Korean novelist and film maker. She has won two literary awards: in 2016 for ''Amondeu'' (아몬드 Almond) and in 2017 for ''Seoreunui bangyeok'' (서른의 반격 Counterattack of the Thirty) ..., is a novelist. References 1947 births Kyunggi High School alumni Seoul National University alumni Living people Liberty Korea Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Cheol-ho
Song Cheol-ho (; born 26 May 1949) is a South Korean lawyer and politician and currently serves as the mayor of Ulsan. Life Song Cheol-ho was born in Busan in 1949 and he grew up in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, where his father was born. Song passed the bar exam in 1982 and became a lawyer. His brother is Song Jung-ho, who served as justice minister in 2002. Like his brother, he joined the government in 2005. Song was although he lost eight elections, he was elected mayor of Ulsan Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ... in 2018. References External links Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Cheol-ho 1949 births Living people Minjoo Party of Korea politicians People from Busan Provincial governors of South Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Maeng-woo
Park Maeng-woo (; born December 6, 1951) is a South Korean politician who formerly served as Mayor of Ulsan from 2002 to 2014. Education * 1980: Graduated from Kookmin University with a degree in political science * 2001: Graduated from the ''Political Science Graduate School'' at Kyungnam University, receiving a master's degree in political science * 2006: Graduated from Dong-eui University Dong-Eui University is one of the leading private universities in Busan, a metropolitan city on the southeastern coast of South Korea. The university has 10 colleges, 116 master and doctoral courses in six graduate schools, with 22,992 students a ..., receiving a PhD in political science See also * * * References External links Official home page Official home page Mayors of places in South Korea 1951 births Living people People from Ulsan Liberty Korea Party politicians Republic of Korea Army personnel {{SouthKorea-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahn Sang-yeong
Ahn Sang-yeong (; November 18, 1938 February 4, 2004) was the 25th, 31st, and 32nd mayor of Busan, South Korea. Ahn was educated at Busan High School, and graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1963. Ahn was implicated in a bribery scandal involving the Jinheung (Korean company), Jinheung company, and killed himself on February 4, 2004. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahn, Sang-yeong Mayors of Busan Seoul National University alumni Busan High School alumni People from Busan 1938 births 2004 deaths South Korean politicians who committed suicide South Korean Buddhists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
