Hong Moon-jong ( Korean: 홍문종; born 26 May 1955) is a South Korean politician who served as the Member of the

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for

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2nd constituency. He also served as the Secretary-General of the

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. He is the son of the late former politician Hong Woo-jun. Born at Yangju, Hong studied at

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. He started his political career when he entered to the Democratic Liberal Party (then New Korea Party aka NKP) in 1995. During the general election in 1996, he defeated

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from the

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(NCNP). In 1997, he left the NKP and joined the National Party - New (NPN) in order to endorse

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as the upcoming President. Hong stood up as a nonpartisan candidate in 2000 despite of his lost. He temporarily came back as MP after the by-election in 2003, till he lost just after a year. After involving several controversies, Hong officially came back as MP in 2012. He was then re-elected in 2016. As one of the politicians supporting ex-President

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, he endorsed her as President in 2007. He unsuccessfully ran as the parliamentary leader of the

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(LKP) in 2017. In 2019, Hong announced to leave the LKP. A minor political party named the

Korean Patriots' Party The Our Republican Party (), formerly the Korean Patriots' Party (Korean: 대한애국당), was a far-right political party in South Korea known primarily for its Pro-Park Geun-hye stance. It was formed following a split within the New Sa ...

elected Hong as the party president along with incumbent

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, and the party officially changed their name as the Our Republican Party (ORP). On 10 February 2020, Hong was sacked from the ORP after long-time conflicts with Cho. He then formed the new party named Pro-Park New Party.

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