Yang Kyung-sook

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Yang Kyung-sook
양경숙
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2020
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born (1962-09-06) 6 September 1962 (age 59)
Imsil, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSoongsil University
Yonsei University
Korea University
ReligionRoman Catholic
(Christian name : Regina)
In this Korean name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Kyung-sook (Korean: 양경숙; Hanja: 梁敬淑; born 6 September 1962) is a South Korean politician currently serving as a Democratic member of National Assembly.

In 2020 general election, she was placed as the number 17 on the proportional representation list for Platform Party, a sister party of Democratic Party.[1] After the election, two parties merged allowing her to return to the party to which she dedicated her political career from 1991.[2]

She has previously served as a member of Seoul Metropolitan Council representing Jongno District twice from 1995 to 2002. She took numerous roles in her party and its preceding parties such as its deputy chair of Women's Committee, deputy chair of Policy Planning Committee[3] and many more for almost thirty years from 1991 when she was first recruited to the party after participating in pro-democracy movement against the authoritarian regime of Chun Doo-hwan in 1980s.

Yang holds three degrees - a bachelor in Korean literature from Soongsil University[4] and a master's and a doctorate in administration from Yonsei University and Korea University respectively.[3]

Yang is frequently mistaken for other politician with criminal records who has same Korean name and previously held democratic party membership.[2]

Electoral history[]

Election Year District Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
21st National Assembly General Election 2020 Proportional representation Platform Party 9,307,112 33.3% Won

References[]

  1. ^ "[2020 총선 특집] 2. 더불어시민당 비례대표 훑어보기: 11번부터 20번까지". ㅍㅍㅅㅅ (in Korean). 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. ^ a b 입력 2012.08.29 22:45 (2012-08-29). "안경에 나이도 비슷…'진짜 양경숙 누구?' 동명이인 소동". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. ^ a b "양경숙 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  4. ^ "숭실대학교 총동문회". alumnus.ssu.ac.kr. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
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