Back Hye-ryun (; born 17 February 1967) is a

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 ...

prosecutor A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the Civil law (legal system), civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the ...

-turned parliamentarian. From 2000, she worked as a state prosecutor. In 2011, she resigned the post to publicly criticise political favouritism of Prosecution Service towards the Lee Myung-bak government. In 2012, she became the member of then-opposition party,

Democratic United Party The Democratic Party (; DP), formerly the Democratic United Party (; DUP) until 2013, was a liberal political party in South Korea, and for the duration of its existence the country's main opposition force. On 15 December 2011, the Democratic ...

. After winning the election in 2016, she took several roles in her party such as its deputy floor leader from May 2016 to May 2017 and its spokesperson from May 2017 to August 2018. From October 2018, she has led the women's committee of her party. As an ex-prosecutor, her legislative agenda focused on reforming the prosecution service. On 2 May 2021, Back was elected one of five elected members of the Supreme Council of her party receiving third most votes among seven candidates. Back holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Back, Hye-ryun 1967 births Living people Korea University alumni Minjoo Party of Korea politicians Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) 20th-century South Korean women politicians 20th-century South Korean politicians South Korean prosecutors People from South Jeolla Province Female members of the National Assembly (South Korea)