Kim Jong-hoon (
Korean: 김종훈;
Hanja: 金鍾勳; born 3 July 1964) is a
South Korean politician. He is the current
Floor Leader of the
Minjung Party. He was the only
Minjung Party member in the
National Assembly until he lost his seat in the 2020 elections.
Early life and education
Kim Jong-hoon was born on July 3, 1964. He graduated from
Ulsan University
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.
Political career
Member of Ulsan Metropolitan Council and Mayor (2002–2011)
Kim was elected as a member to the
Ulsan Metropolitan Council in 2002 as a member of the
Democratic Labor Party.
During the
18th South Korean legislative election in 2008, he planned to run for the
Ulsan Dong-gu constituency, but withdrew is candidacy and endorsed
Noh Ok-hee of the
New Progressive Party.
He became the
mayor of
Dong-gu in 2011 through snap elections that were held for the position.
Representative of Dong-gu district (2016–present)
After the dissolution of the
Unified Progressive Party in 2014, Kim was an
Independent. He later ran in the
20th South Korean legislative election in 2016 as an Independent and was elected representative of
Dong-gu.
In 2017, along with
Yoon Jong-o, Kim established the
New People's Party in an attempt to unite
progressive
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politicians in
South Korea. He served as the leader of the
New People's Party until its merger with the
People's United Party. On December 22, 2017 he became the
Floor Leader of the
Minjung Party after Yoon Jong-o became involved in an election fraud scandal. He has announced that he will be running for representative of
Dong-gu in the upcoming
2020 South Korean legislative election
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, which he later lost.
Personal life
Kim is not married nor does he have any children. He is the author of two books. His hobbies include watching soccer and hiking.
Controversy
On April 15, 2016, former representative of Dong-gu;
Ahn Hyo-dae reported Kim for election fraud to the
Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea. All charges against Kim were later dropped.
References
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1964 births
Living people