Jang Sung-min (; born 5 September 1963) is a South Korean politician. He was formerly the president of the

Grand National Unity Party Grand National Unity Party ( Korean: 국민대통합당; lit. National Grand Unity Party) was a South Korean neoliberalist party. History The party was formed by Jang Sung-min, a politician and broadcaster of the country, in 7 March 2017 and o ...

Biography

Jang was born in

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, South Jeolla Province. He started his political career under former president Kim Dae-jung. He was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the

Millennium Democratic Party The Democratic Party (; DP) was a political party in South Korea. Formerly named Millennium Democratic Party (; MDP), it was renamed in May 6, 2005. After its dissolution, its members joined the Uri Party or the successor Democratic Party. Hi ...

in 2000 but lost in 2002 due to his violation of election law. In 2012, he became one of the hosts of the television show ''

Jang Sung-min's Current Affairs Tank Jang Sung-min's Current Affairs Tank ( Korean: 장성민의 시사탱크) was a Korean television program of TV Chosun. It was started on 4 June 2012 and finished on 20 May 2016. On 21 March 2016, the name was changed to Current Affairs Tank ( Kore ...

''.

Controversy

While he was working at ''Jang Sung-min's Current Affairs Tank'', he was involved in controversies about reporting that the Gwangju Uprising was supported by North Korea. Although he denied it, the controversy was taken seriously. He declared that he would run for the upcoming presidential election as a member of People's Party. He registered to enter for the party, however, the party rejected his bid. Because of that, he was forced to create a new party with the name of

. After GNUP was dissolved, in March 2018, he entered to Bareunmirae Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jang, Sung-min 1963 births Living people South Korean politicians Indong Jang clan Sogang University alumni