Joo Ho-young (

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: 주호영, born 8 January 1960) is a South Korean judge and politician who served as the interim Chairman of the

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(UFP)/ People Power Party (PPP) in May 2020, and again from 8 to 30 April 2021. He has been the incumbent

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for Suseong 1st constituency since 2020; before that, he represented for 2nd constituency from 2004 to 2020. He was the Minister for Special Affairs under the

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from 2009 to 2010.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Joo attended to Neungin High School. He studied law in

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Career

After qualifying for the

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in 1982, Joo worked as a judge for 19 years. He was firstly elected to the

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in 2004 election. He served as the parliamentary leader of the

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(GNP) from 2006 to 2007. Following his re-election in 2008 election, he was appointed the Minister for Special Affairs. On 18 July 2016, Joo announced he would run as the party chairperson for the upcoming leadership election. He lost to

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. Following the

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, Joo left the Saenuri Party along with other dissidents. He was elected the parliamentary leader of the newly formed

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but in November 2017, he announced his departure in order to join the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) along with other 8 MPs. He, however, remained till his term as a parliamentary leader ended. In 2020 election, Joo switched to Suseong 1st constituency, where the incumbent is Kim Boo-kyum (

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). He defeated the Democratic candidate and the former Minister of the Interior and Safety. He is now considered as a potential candidate for the President of the

(UFP), following the resignation of

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due to the election suffer. On 4 May 2020, Joo launched his bid for the UFP's parliamentary leader. 4 days later, he was elected the parliamentary leader of the UFP, as well as the party's interim President where the position has been vacant since 15 April. On 15 June, Joo announced his resignation as the UFP parliamentary leader following the Democratic Party's decision to take 6 parliamentary committees without dividing with opposition parties. He harshly criticised that the ruling Democratic Party is going to the one-party dictatorship. However, sources reported that almost all UFP MPs oppose his resignation. Following the party's landslide victory in the 2021 by-elections, Joo returned as the party President. He has announced his intention to resign as the parliamentary leader on 16 April, adding that he would not serve until his term finishes on 29 May, but until the new person is elected. On 10 May 2021, Joo announced his bid for the upcoming leadership election. He would lose the election to

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Personal life

He is married to Kim Sun-hui and has 2 sons. He is a

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. His father, Joo Koo-won, died on 9 May 2020, the day after his election as the UFP parliamentary leader. On 13 March 1998, Joo suffered a

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from a traffic collision. He barely survived following a 13-hour surgery.

Election results

General elections

References

External links

Official website

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