Choi Jieun

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Choi Jieun
최지은 박사.jpg
International Spokesperson of the Democratic Party
Assumed office
4 May 2020
LeaderLee Hae-chan
Lee Nak-yeon
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born (1980-11-21) 21 November 1980 (age 40)
Busan, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSogang University
Harvard University
University of Oxford
Websitehttps://www.jieunchoi.org/
In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Jieun (Korean: 최지은; Hanja: 崔芝銀; born 21 November 1980) is a South Korean economist and politician serving as the inaugural International Spokesperson of the Democratic Party since May 2020. Before entering politics in 2020, Choi worked as a senior economist at the World Bank and the African Development Bank.

Education[]

Choi holds three degrees: a bachelor's in economics from Sogang University, a Master of Public Administration in international development from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a doctorate in international development from University of Oxford.[1] She is a graduate of Myungduk Foreign Language High School.

Career before politics[]

Choi has demonstrated herself as an expert in international development through her work at African Development Bank and World Bank.[citation needed]

From 2004 Choi worked at Samsung Electronics's Telecommunications Network Division overseeing its projects in China and Viet Nam[2] before leaving for postgraduate studies at Harvard Kennedy School in 2007.[3]

Upon graduation, Choi joined African Development Bank via Young Professionals Programme becoming as its first South Korean staff since 1982 when South Korea officially become its non-regional members.[4] She worked as its country economist for Egypt during 2011 Arab Spring and later promoted to senior economist at its research department.[3]

In 2013 Choi then joined World Bank as its senior economist assisting former Soviet Union countries' transition to market economies and later Africa's standing in 4th industrial revolution.[2] Before leaving for the general election in 2020, she worked as a senior country economist for China.[5]

Political career[]

In January 2020 Choi returned to Korea and entered politics. She was recruited by the Democratic Party for the upcoming legislative election in April.[4]

In the 2020 general election, Choi ran for the constituency in Busan - the same constituency Roh Moo-hyun unsuccessfully ran for to overcome regionalism but later became the stepping stone for Roh's presidential campaign.[6] She lost to the incumbent parliamentarian from the main opposition party, Kim Do-eup (Korean: 김도읍), by the smallest margin the democratic candidate lost in 12 years - a notable figure considering this constituency never elected a democratic parliamentarian since its creation in 1996 and she just entered politics 3 months ago.[7]

In May 2020 Choi was appointed as the international spokesperson of the Democratic Party - the first of its kind in the history of her party and preceding parties.[8][1] In August 2020 the newly elected leader of her party, Lee Nak-yon, re-appointed her to the same post while creating other spokesperson posts for other areas - youth, economy and security affairs.[9]

In October 2020 Choi joined the party's newly founded "Korean Peninsula Taskforce (Korean: 한반도TF)" as its founding member. This taskforce consisted of senior assembly members with expertise in foreign and inter-Korean relations will seek out to support ongoing momentum in Korean peninsula towards peace irrespective of leadership changes in Japan and United States.[10]

Electoral history[]

Election Year District Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
21st National Assembly General Election 2020 Busan Buk District-Gangseo District B Democratic Party 63,146 43.20% Lost

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ruling party appoints first-ever press officer for foreign media". koreatimes. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jieun Choi | Senior Economist, Office of Chief Economist, Africa Region". blogs.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "최지은 월드뱅크 국제개발컨설팅 이코노미스트, "한국 젊은이들 국제개발 독창적 역할 기대"". www.dt.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "與 영입인재 9호는 최지은 박사…세계은행 출신 '국제 문제 전문가'". hankyung.com (in Korean). 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  5. ^ 김동호 (2020-01-16). "민주 '세계은행 이코노미스트' 최지은 영입…"국제경제 전문가"(종합)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  6. ^ "CNN.com - Profile: President-elect Roh Moo-hyun - Dec. 31, 2002". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  7. ^ UPI뉴스 (2020-04-29). ""떨어졌지만 험지에서 내공 쌓았다…민주당 미래를 맡겠다"". UPI뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  8. ^ 서혜림 (2020-05-04). "민주, 외신대변인 별도로 둔다…최지은 전WB 이코노미스트 임명". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  9. ^ "더불어민주당". theminjoo.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  10. ^ 기자, 인천/박주용 (2020-10-15). "송영길, "국익 확보 위해 전방위 의원외교 나설 것"". 신아일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
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