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Sim Sang-jung

Sim Sang-jung (Korean: 심상정; born 20 February 1959) is a South Korean labor rights activist and former politician. She was one of the five major presidential candidates in the 2017 South Korean presidential election, running as the Justice Party's nominee. She again ran as the Justice Party's nominee in the 2022 presidential election, finishing in 3rd place.
She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2012, having previously served from 2004 to 2008, and was the leader of the Justice Party from 2015 to 2017 and 2019 to 2020. She announced her retirement from politics following the 2024 legislative election, effective at the end of the National Assembly's term on 29 May.