Chung Ui-hwa

The Right Honourable Chung Ui-hwa
정의화
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 30 May 2014 – 29 May 2016
Preceded by	Kang Chang-hee
Succeeded by	Chung Sye-kyun
Member of the National Assembly
In office 30 May 2008 – 29 May 2012
Succeeded by	Yoo Ki-june (partially) Kim Moo-sung (partially)
Constituency	Busan Jung-gu Dong-gu
In office 30 May 2004 – 29 May 2008
Constituency	Busan Jung-gu Dong-gu
In office 30 May 2000 – 29 May 2004
Constituency	Busan Jung-gu Dong-gu
In office 30 May 1996 – 29 May 2000
Constituency	Busan Jung-gu Dong-gu
Personal details
Born	(1948-12-18) December 18, 1948 (age 75) Saenuri Party Grand National Party New Korea Party
Alma mater	Pusan National University
Korean name
Hangul	정의화
Hanja	鄭義和
Revised Romanization	Jung Eui-hwa
McCune–Reischauer	Chung Ui-hwa

Chung Ui-hwa (Korean: 정의화; Hanja: 鄭義和; born 18 December 1948) is a South Korean doctor and politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2016.

Early life and education

Chung Eui-hwa was born in Changwon-gun, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea on December 18, 1948. He graduated from Pusan National University medical school.

Political career

Chung became a politician in 1996 when he ran in the 1996 South Korean legislative election for the Busan Jung-gu · Dong-gu electoral district and won with 41.6% of the vote. He continuously won the Busan Jung-gu · Dong-gu electoral district until 2012.^[1]

Chung was pro-Lee Myung-bak during the 2007 South Korean presidential election.^[2]

He assumed the position of Speaker of the National Assembly on May 30, 2014.^[3] Since then, Chung has been an Independent and critical of the pro-Park Geun-hye faction of the Liberty Korea Party.^[4]

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