Yong Hye-in

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Yong Hye-in
용혜인
Yong Hyein.jpg
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2020
ConstituencyProportional
Personal details
Born (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 31)
Bucheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyBasic Income Party
Other political
affiliations
Platform (2020)
Labor (2013–2019)
New Progressive (2010–2013)
Alma materKyung Hee University
ReligionRoman Catholic
(Christian name : Theodora)
Websiteyonghyein.kr
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYong Hye-in
McCune–ReischauerYong Hye-in

Yong Hye-in (Korean: 용혜인, born 12 April 1990) is a South Korean civil society activist and politician of the Basic Income Party. She was one of the main proponents of the silent march campaign, , that originated in an announcement made during the Sinking of MV Sewol in 2014.[1][2]

Life[]

Stay Where You Are[]

Political career[]

On May 23rd, 2021, Yong became the third sitting lawmaker in South Korean history to give birth while being a lawmaker. Since May 23rd, 2021, Yong has been on maternity leave from Parliament; temporarily substituted while in absence by Basic Income Party leader Shin Ji-hye.[3]

Yong return to Parliament on June 5, 2021.[4]

Election results[]

General elections[]

Year Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks
2016 PR (1st) Labor Party 91,705 (0.38%) Defeated
2020 PR (5th) Platform Party[a] 9,307,112 (33.35%) Elected

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "[Year end series part I] One young woman who refused to stay where she was". The Hankyoreh. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ "College Sewol Activist Charged With Staging Illegal Protests". TBS. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. ^ "[인터뷰] 엄마가 된 용혜인 의원이 한국 사회와 정치에 던진 질문은 모두가 귀 기울여야 할 문제다". 23 May 2021.
  4. ^ "용혜인, 내주 국회 복귀…아기와 함께 첫 출근". 2 July 2021.

References[]

  1. ^ Originally a member of the Basic Income Party but ran under the Platform Party banner. She was expelled from the party on 12 May 2020 in order to return to her original party.

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