Lee Jae-jung (; born 2 August 1974) is a South Korean politician and lawyer.
She first became a member of
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 repre ...
via proportional representation in the 2016 general election. She became widely known to the public through her legislative efforts to transform status of firefighters and paramedics to federal employees guaranteeing sufficient resources for
fire service. She has taken several roles in her party such as a party spokesperson from August 2018 and deputy head of its think tank from September 2019.
In the 2020 general election, she defeated
Shim Jae-chul, then floor leader of the main opposition party and five-term parliamentarian.
Electoral history
References
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1974 births
Living people
People from Daegu
20th-century South Korean lawyers
South Korean women lawyers
Democratic Party of Korea politicians
Kyungpook National University alumni
Members of the National Assembly (South Korea)
21st-century South Korean women politicians
21st-century South Korean politicians
21st-century South Korean lawyers
Women members of the National Assembly (South Korea)
21st-century women lawyers