Jun Hee-kyung (

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: 전희경, born 9 October 1975) is a South Korean

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

politician who is a member of the

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from

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

Liberty Korea Party The Liberty Korea Party () was a conservative political party in South Korea that was described variously as right-wing, right-wing populist, or far-right. Until February 2017, it was known as the Saenuri Party (), and before that as the Hanna ...

(LKP) since 2016. Before joining the politics, she was the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics.

Biography

Jun was born in

Seongbuk District Seongbuk District (Seongbuk-gu) is one of the 25 '' gu'' which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. It is located in the mid-north part of the city. The current Mayor is Kim Young-bae (김영배), who has been mayor since July 1, 2010. Seongbuk ...

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 ...

but grown up and educated in

Uijeongbu Uijeongbu () is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Overview Uijeongbu is located north of the Korean capital Seoul; it lies inside a Defile (geography), defile, with mountains on two sides, and com ...

after her father's business failure. According to her, she was an introvert and liked to think about something during this time. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration from

Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University () is a private women's university in Seoul founded in 1886 by Mary F. Scranton under Emperor Gojong. It was the first university founded in South Korea. Currently, Ewha is one of the world's largest female educational ins ...

. She served as the policy director of Citizens United for Better Society from 2006 to 2012, policy team leader of

Korea Economic Research Institute Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic of ...

from 2012 to 2014, and the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics (then Centre for Free Enterprise) from 2014 to 2016. She also represented

Saenuri Party The Liberty Korea Party () was a conservative political party in South Korea that was described variously as right-wing, right-wing populist, or far-right. Until February 2017, it was known as the Saenuri Party (), and before that as the Han ...

(then Liberty Korea Party) during the history textbook controversies in 2015. Prior to 2016 election, Jun was brought into the Saenuri Party. She ran 9th in the Saenuri list and elected for the National Assembly. During the presidential election in 2017, she was appointed as the spokesperson of the LKP's presidential candidate,

Hong Jun-pyo Hong Joon-pyo (born 20 November 1953), also spelled as Hong Jun-pyo, is a South Korean politician and former prosecutor who is the current Mayor of Daegu. He previous served as the governor of South Gyeongsang Province, a member of the Nationa ...

. She is

socially conservative Social conservatism is a political philosophy and variety of conservatism which places emphasis on traditional power structures over social pluralism. Social conservatives organize in favor of duty, traditional values and social institution ...

, who opposes

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...

and advocates harsher immigration policy.

Controversies

In 2016, she faced a criticism regarding with her thesis plagiarism in Ewha University. It was reported that about 79% of her thesis was plagiarised from the others. On 23 March 2017, she gave her degree up. Jun received another protests after her controversial remarks towards

Im Jong-seok Im Jong-seok (; born 24 April 1966) is a South Korean politician and former Chief Presidential Secretary, Chief of Staff for Moon Jae-in currently serving as Moon's Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy to UAE. Im served as Moon' ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jun, Hee-kyung 1975 births Living people 21st-century South Korean politicians 21st-century South Korean women politicians Liberty Korea Party politicians Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) Ewha Womans University alumni People from Seoul People from Uijeongbu Female members of the National Assembly (South Korea)