Chang Sŏng-man (

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: 장성만, 2 November 1932 – 6 December 2015) was a South Korean pastor, educator, and politician. He served as a

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for North District of

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from 1981 to 1988, and also the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from 1987 to 1988. He was also the former Chancellor of

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. Chang was one of the notable figures who built a welfare state model during his MP career. He established various universities, including Dongseo University, where he used to be its Chancellor.

Career

Born in Busan, Chang attended to Busan Technical High School, and earned bachelor's degree in theology from

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. He used to work as a pastor before he established Dongseo Christian Vocational School (now Kyungnam College of Information & Technology), the first vocational college in South Korea, in 1965. Chang started his political career as one of the promoter of

Democratic Justice Party The Democratic Justice Party (; DJP) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1981 to 1988. History Chun had become the country's de facto leader after leading a military coup in December 1979, and was elected president in his own right in ...

(DJP), the predecessor of

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(LKP), in January 1981. He was elected unopposed to the National Assembly representing North District of Busan in the elections after 2 months, and re-elected in 1985 election. In 1987, he was elected as the sole Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, after the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) decided to not put its candidate due to the internal conflict. Chang consecutively lost to Moon Jung-soo in

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and 1992 election. Instead, he established Dongseo Engineering College (now Dongseo University) in 1991 and served as its Chancellor till 2008. In 2001, he also founded Dongseo Cyber University (now Busan Digital University). He died on 6 December 2015, after a chronic disease, aged 83. His widow, Park Dong-soon (born 1939), is the current Chancellor of Dongseo University. He also left 3 children, including Chang Je-kuk (born 1964), the current President of the university,

Chang Je-won Chang Je-won (Korean: 장제원, born 13 April 1967) is a South Korean educator and conservative politician from the People Power Party (PPP). He has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly for Sasang District for 2 terms, from 2008 ...

(born 1967), a Member of the National Assembly (2008-2012, 2016-), and Chang Ju-young.

Controversies

On 8 March 1988, Chang faced huge protests from opposition MPs after he and DJP rushed a revised electoral law through without any agreements. It was reported that Yoo Soo-ho, the father of

Yoo Seong-min Yoo Seong-min (, born 7 January 1958), also known as Yoo Seung-min, is a South Korean economist and politician. Yoo is former a member of the Korean Parliament and was the Bareun Party's presidential nominee in the 2017 South Korean presidenti ...

, was also involved into the controversy. On 17 April 1997, Chang was arrested by prosecution due to the corruption charges. It was reported that he set up around 5 billion won (≒ 5 million USD) and misused most of it.

Election results

References

{{Authority control 1932 births 2015 deaths South Korean politicians South Korean educators South Korean pastors