Kim Sung-tae

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In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Sung-tae
김성태
Chairman of the Liberty Korea Party
Acting
In office
15 June 2018 – 16 July 2018
Preceded byHong Jun-pyo
Succeeded byKim Byong-joon (interim)
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2008
Preceded byNoh Hyun-song
ConstituencyGangseo B (Seoul)
Personal details
Born (1958-05-23) 23 May 1958 (age 63)
Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Political partyLiberty Korea
Spouse(s)Heo Deok-soon
Children2
Alma materHanyang University
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Seongtae
McCune–ReischauerKim Sŏngt'ae

Kim Sung-tae (Korean: 김성태; Hanja: 金聖泰; born May 23, 1958) is a South Korean politician who was a labor activist.

Early life and career[]

Kim Sung-tae was born on 9 July 1958 in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province. He worked as a labor activist in the Federation of Korean Trade Unions as a young man.

Political career[]

He was elected in the and served as the Seoul Metropolitan Council member of the National Congress for New Politics. Later, he moved to the Millennium Democratic Party and the Uri Party, and joined the conservative Grand National Party for the first time in 2008. Then, he ran for the 2008 legislative election and won.

After the 2016 South Korean political scandal, he defected from the Saenuri Party in December 2016 and joined the Bareun Party,[1] but was reinstated in May 2017, before the presidential election.[2] In November 2017, he was elected floor leader of the Liberty Korea Party. Later, In June 2018, when Hong Jun-pyo resigned his party leadership, he assumed the acting leader.

References[]

  1. ^ "[속보] 새누리당 비박계 "35명 탈당, 27일 결행"". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 21 December 2016.
  2. ^ "[속보]바른정당 비유승민계 13명 탈당···"친북 좌파세력 집권은 막아야"". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 2 May 2017.

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