Park Joo-hyun (politician)

Park Joo-hyun (Korean: 박주현, born 11 April 1963) is a South Korean lawyer and politician. She is the incumbent Member of the National Assembly since 2016 and was also one of the co-Presidents of the Minsaeng Party in 2020, serving with Yu Sung-yup.

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Park Joo-hyun
박주현
Park Joo-hyun in 2018
President of the Minsaeng Party
In office
24 February 2020 – 23 March 2020
Serving with Yu Sung-yup
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKim Jung-hwa
Yu Sung-yup
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2016 – 29 May 2020
ConstituencyProportional
Senior Secretary to the President for National Participation
In office
25 February 2003 – 21 December 2003
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1963-04-11) 11 April 1963
Gunsan, North Jeolla, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyMinsaeng Party
Other political
affiliations		People's (2016-2018)
Bareunmirae (de jure; 2018-2020)
Democracy and Peace (de facto; 2018-2020)
Spouse(s)Hong Ki-tae
Children1 son and 1 daughter
Alma materSeoul National University
University of Tampere
OccupationLawyer, politician

Career

Born in Gunsan, Park attended to Jeonju Girls' High School.[1] She owns a bachelor's and master's degree in law from Seoul National University. She also studied education at University of Tampere in Finland.[2]

After qualifying for the bar in 1985,[1] Park worked at the Lawyers for a Democratic Society.[3] In 2003, the President Roh Moo-hyun appointed her as the Senior Secretary to the President for National Participation[3] and served for almost a year.

Prior to the 2016 election, Park was brought into the People's Party and ran 3rd in the party list. In 2018, she declared to quit from the PP along with the other dissidents due to the disagreement of the party's decision to merge with the Bareun Party (BP) (both were later merged into the Bareunmirae Party).[4] She, along with Lee Sang-don and Chang Jung-sook, was planning to join the Party for Democracy and Peace (PDP) but unable to do so as PRs are not allowed to exit from their original parties; if they do so, their parliamentary membership will be automatically revoked.[5] Though the law did not allow her to exit, however, the PDP allowed her to hold party positions with holding Bareunmirae membership.[5] She was shortly considered as the potential candidate for the Governor of North Jeolla that can overcome the matter.[6]

On 9 January 2020, Park declared to not seek re-election in 2020 election.[1] On 24 February, Park was elected as the co-Presidents of the Minsaeng Party along with Yu Sung-yup.[7]

Park married to Hong Ki-tae and has a son and a daughter.[3][1] She is a Protestant.[8]

Election results

General elections
YearConstituencyPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
2016PR (3rd)PP6,355,572 (26.74%)Elected

References
  1. "박주현 의원, 지역구 불출마 시사 '촉각'". 9 January 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. "박주현 국회의원". Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. "[프로필] 박주현 수석 내정자". 27 January 2003. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. "국민의당서 15명 집단 탈당…민주평화당으로". 5 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. "'몸 따로 마음 따로' 바른미래당 비례대표 3인 눈길". 17 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. "'박주현 전북지사 출마설'에 민평·바른미래 화색 도는 이유". 5 April 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. "'호남계 주축' 바른미래·대안신당·평화당 3당 합당…'민생당' 출범". 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  8. "기독인 당선자 18명 추가 확인… 20대 국회의원 모두 93명". 17 April 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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