Cheong Yang-seog (; born 25 November 1958) is a South Korean politician in the conservative People Power Party who was elected member of the

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for Gangbuk,

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, in the 2016 parliamentary election. He previously represented the same constituency between 2008 and 2012. In his first term as an assemblyman, Cheong was a member of the Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee. In 2010, he introduced a bill to increase the basic tax deduction for salaried workers from 1 million to 2 million South Korean won. He was appointed Second Deputy Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party in 2014. Cheong was born in Boseong County,

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, and studied at the

Korea Army Officer Candidate School Korea Army Officer Candidate School (KAOCS, Hangul: 육군 학사사관, Hanja: 陸軍學士士官) provides training to become a commissioned officer in the Republic of Korea Army. Korea Army Officer Candidate School was first proposed on 28 June ...

before taking a course in political science at

Sogang University Sogang University (SU, Hangul: 서강대학교 Hanja: 西江大學校, literally "West River University") is one of the most prestigious private research universities in Seoul, South Korea. It was established in 1960 by the Wisconsin Province of ...

. He entered politics as a member of the

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 ...

of President

Chun Doo-hwan Chun Doo-hwan (; or ; 18 January 1931 – 23 November 2021) was a South Korean army general and military dictator who ruled as an unelected strongman from 1979 to 1980 before replacing Choi Kyu-hah as president of South Korea from 1980 to 198 ...

in 1984. On 19 October 2020, he was appointed the new Secretary-General of the People Power Party (PPP), replacing Kim Seon-dong who had resigned 5 days ago.

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1958 births Democratic Justice Party politicians Living people Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) People from Boseong County Liberty Korea Party politicians Sogang University alumni {{SouthKorea-politician-stub