Sohn Hak-kyu

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Sohn Hak-kyu
손학규
Leader of the Bareunmirae Party
In office 2 September 2018 – 24 February 2020
Preceded by	Kim Dong-cheol (Interim)
Succeeded by	Party dissolved
Member of the National Assembly
In office 28 April 2011 – 29 May 2012
Preceded by	Kang Jae-sup
Succeeded by	Jhun Ha-jin
Constituency	Bundang B (Seongnam)
In office 30 May 2000 – 30 June 2002
Preceded by	Cho Se-hyung
Succeeded by	Jeon Jae-hee
Constituency	Gwangmyeong
In office 25 April 1993 – 6 April 1998
Preceded by	Yoon Hang-youl
Succeeded by	Cho Se-hyung
Constituency	Gwangmyeong
Chairman of the Democratic Party
In office 3 October 2010 – 22 December 2011
Preceded by	Chung Sye-kyun
Succeeded by	Position abolished
In office 17 February 2008 – 6 July 2008 Serving with Park Sang-chun
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Chung Sye-kyun
Governor of Gyeonggi Province
In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2006
Preceded by	Lim Chang-youl
Succeeded by	Kim Moon-soo
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office 13 November 1996 – 5 August 1997
President	Kim Young-sam
Preceded by	Lee Sung-ho
Succeeded by	Choi Kwang
Personal details
Born	(1947-11-22) 22 November 1947 (age 73) Siheung County, South Korea
Political party	Bareunmirae Party (2018–2020)
Other political affiliations	People's Party (2017–2018) Democratic Party of Korea (2007–2016)
Alma mater	Seoul National University University of Oxford
Website	http://www.hq.or.kr/
Korean name
Hangul	손학규
Hanja	孫鶴圭
Revised Romanization	Son Hak-gyu
McCune–Reischauer	Son Hak-kyu

Sohn Hak-kyu (born 22 November 1947) is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He was the leader of the liberal Democratic Party.^[1]

A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from University of Oxford.

His daughter, Sohn Won-pyung, is a novelist.

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