Kim Yung-rok (; born 17 February 1955) is a South Korean public servant and politician. He served as Member of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

, Minister of Agriculture. Currently, Kim is serving as the governor of

South Jeolla Province South Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollanam-do''; ), also known as Jeonnam, is a province of South Korea. South Jeolla has a population of 1,902,324 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Honam region at the southwestern tip of the Korean ...

. He is a member of the

Democratic Party of Korea The Democratic Party of Korea (DPK; ), formerly known as the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), is a liberal political party in South Korea. Controlling the unicameral National Assembly as of 2022, the DPK is regarded as one of two m ...

Life

Kim Yung-rok was born in

Wando County Wando County (''Wando-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It takes its name from the island of Wando, which is the largest island within the county and serves as the county seat. Wando island is perhaps most famous for Ch ...

on February 17, 1955. Kim entered public office after passing the 21st administrative examination and he was elected to the Member of the

in 2008. And He was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in 2017 and later resigned in March 2018 to be elected to governor of

References

External links

Kim Yung-rok's Blog
1955 births Living people Minjoo Party of Korea politicians People from South Jeolla Province Governors of South Jeolla Province Ministers of Agriculture of South Korea Konkuk University alumni Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni {{SouthKorea-politician-stub