Sul Hoon

Sul Hoon (Korean: 설훈, 23 April 1953 ~ ) is a South Korean activist and politician currently serving as a member of National Assembly in Wonmi District's 2nd constituency of Bucheon. He is also one of the Vice presidents in Democratic Party of Korea since August 2018.[1][2][3][4]

In this Korean name, the family name is Sul.
Sul Hoon
설훈
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2012
Preceded byLee Sa-cheol
ConstituencyWonmi 2nd
In office
30 May 1996 – 29 May 2004
Preceded byKim Won-kil
Succeeded byYoo In-tae
ConstituencyDobong 2nd
Personal details
Born (1953-04-23) 23 April 1953
Changwon, (Masan) Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations		Peace Democratic Party (1988-1991)
New Democratic Unionist Party (1991-1992)
Democratic Party (1992-1995)
National Congress for New Politics (1995-2000)
Millennium Democratic Party (2000-2003)
Uri Party (2003-2007)
United New Democratic Party (2007-2008)
United Democratic Party (2008)
Democratic Party (2008-2011)
Democratic Unionist Party (2011-2013)
Democratic Party (2013-2014)
New Politics Alliance for Democracy (2014-2015)
Spouse(s)Eo Mi-sook
Children3
Alma materKorea University
OccupationActivist, politician

Biography

Born at Masan[1] (now Changwon),[2][3][4] Sul Hoon studied history at Korea University.[2][3][4] His father, Sul Cheol-soo, was an independence activist.[5][1]

While he was studying at university, he was arrested for two times after participating for anti-dictatorship protests.[1][2][3][4] At this time, he met Kim Dae-jung, who then became the President of the country.

Political career

Sul Hoon started his political career in 1985, as a secretary of Kim Dae-jung.[3][4] He firstly ran as the candidate of Peace Democratic Party in 1988 at Seongbuk District's 1st constituency, but defeated by independent candidate Lee Chul. He did not participate for the general election in 1992.

During the general election in 1996, Sul Hoon was the candidate from National Congress for New Politics at Dobong District's 2nd constituency, and defeated Yoo In-tae of United Democratic Party.[2][3][4] He was re-elected in 2000. Nevertheless, he boycotted the 2004 election in order to against the impeachment of the President Roh Moo-hyun.[2][4]

He returned as an MP in 2012 and was re-elected in 2016.[2][3] During the party leadership election in 2018, he contested as the party's Vice Presidential candidate and elected as 3rd.[3][4]

Criticism

During the presidential election in 2002, Sul Hoon claimed that Lee Hoi-chang, the candidate of Grand National Party (then Liberty Korea Party), accepted $20 from Choi Kyu-seon.[6][5] He was accused of spreading fake news and sentenced 1.5-year of imprisonment in 2005.[6][5]

He was widely criticised in 2019, after he mentioned that the President Moon Jae-in's approval rating was dropping among the youths as the majority of them was not educated properly under both Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye's administration.[7]

Election results

General elections
YearConstituencyPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
1988Seongbuk 1stPDP29,482 (22.59%)Defeated
1996Dobong 2ndNCNP25,972 (31.48%)Won
2000Dobong 2ndMDP33,842 (45.28%)Won
2012Wonmi 2ndDUP63,758 (56.10%)Won
2016Wonmi 2ndDemocratic57,198 (42.85%)Won
2020Bucheon 2ndDemocratic80,889 (54.90%)Won

References
  1. "[초동여담] 설훈 의원의 설화(舌禍)". 26 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. "[민주 최고위원 5人 프로필] '동교동 막내' 설훈, 새 지도부 중 최다선". 25 August 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  3. "[프로필]'4선'의 설훈, 민주당 최고위원 선출". 25 August 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  4. "[프로필] 설훈 민주당 최고위원…민평련계 4선 중진". 25 August 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  5. "동교동계로 출발 설훈의원?... 2002년 대선 이회창 후보 저격수로 명성". 23 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. "설훈 前의원 허위사실 유포 집유3년 확정". 25 January 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. "설훈 "20代 지지율 하락, 前정부서 교육 제대로 못받은 탓"". 22 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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