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Kang Chang-il
Kang Chang-il (; born 28 January 1952) is a South Korean politician who is member of the National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly since 2004. Kang served as South Korea's ambassador to Japan from January 2021 to 2022. Early life and career Kang Chang-il was born on 28 January 1952 in Bukjeju County (now Jeju City), Jeju Province. He graduated from Seoul National University. Kang lived in Japan while he received a PhD degree from the University of Tokyo. Political career Kang was nominated by the Uri Party in the 2004 South Korean legislative election, 2004 legislative election and was elected in Jeju City and Bukjeju County, Jeju Province. After that, he was elected successively in the 2008 South Korean legislative election, 2008, 2012 South Korean legislative election, 2012 and 2016 South Korean legislative election, 2016 elections. On 15 June 2017, he was elected president of the Japan–Korea Parliamentarians' Union. On 23 November 2020, President of South Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (South Korea)
The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, often shortened to the National Assembly in domestic English-language media, is the unicameral national legislature of South Korea. Elections to the National Assembly are held every four years. The latest legislative elections were held on 15 April 2020. The National Assembly has 300 seats, with 253 constituency seats and 47 proportional representation seats; 30 of the PR seats are assigned on additional member system, while 17 PR seats use the parallel voting method. The unicameral assembly consists of at least 200 members according to the South Korean constitution. In 1990 the assembly had 299 seats, 224 of which were directly elected from single-member districts in the general elections of April 1988. Under applicable laws, the remaining seventy-five representatives were elected from party lists. By law, candidates for election to the assembly must be at least thirty years of age. As part of a political compromise in 1987, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
