Park Joo-sun (

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: 박주선, born 23 July 1949) is a South Korean politician in

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who was the president of the party along with

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, and the Second Deputy Speaker of the

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Biography

Born at

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. Before he entered to politics, he worked as a prosecutor.

Political life

His political career was started by ex-president

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, in 1998. He was willing to run as one of the parliament members of

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in 2000, however, failed at the primary, so he ran as independent and finally won. In 2016, he joined for newly-formed People's Party and also won at the new parliamentary election. As People's Party became the 3rd party, he was elected as the Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, whereas

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as the First. On 14 March 2017, just 4 days after the president

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was impeached from the office, he declared to run for the president. He became one of the candidates for the party's primary, but defeated by

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. In 2018, he was elected as the president of newly-formed Bareunmirae Party, along with Yoo Seong-min. He was formerly categorised as pro-DJ but not really, although he was expected to join for

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. On the other hand, his choice was Bareunmirae Party and left from pro-DJs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Joo-sun 1949 births Living people Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly (South Korea) South Korean Buddhists People from Boseong County People's Party (South Korea, 2016) politicians