Hong Young-pyo
Hong Young-pyo | |
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홍영표 | |
Floor Leader of Democratic Party | |
In office 11 May 2018 – 8 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Woo Won-shik |
Succeeded by | Lee In-young |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 30 April 2009 | |
Preceded by | Koo Bon-chul |
Constituency | Incheon Bupyeong B |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 April 1957 |
Political party | New Future Party |
Other political affiliations | Democratic (until 2024) |
Alma mater | Dongguk University |
Hong Young-pyo (Korean: 홍영표; Hanja: 洪永杓; born 30 April 1957) is a South Korean politician representing Incheon Bupyeong District at the National Assembly from 2009.
Before entering politics
He led the first
Political career
After returning from the UK where he worked at Daewoo Motors's overseas branch, he joined the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy in 2001. In 2002 he founded the "People's Party for Reform" (Korean: 개혁국민정당), with Rhyu Si-min and other political supporters of Roh to support Roh's presidency. He joined Uri Party after his party was unofficially absorbed into Uri Party. In the 2004 general election, he failed to earn his party's nomination for Incheon Bupyeong A constituency.[4]
He then worked for
In the 2008 general election, he ran for Bupyeong B constituency but lost to opposition party candidate, Koo Bon-chul. In 2009 he ran again and won after the court found Koo guilty for not abiding to the campaign law.[5] In 2012 he worked for Han Myeong-sook, then-party leader, as her chief of staff. He later joined Moon Jae-in's first presidential campaign as its head of situation room. In 2017 he joined Moon's second presidential campaign as its chair of jobs committee.
He has served as the chair of Environment and Labor Committee of National Assembly from 2016 to 2018. In the final year as the chair, Hong negotiated with major parties to reduce the maximum working hours from 68 to 52 hours.[6] He also negotiated the terms for furloughed employees of closed factory of General Motors in Gunsan as the chair of his party's special task force on this factory closure.[7]
In 2017 he ran for his party's floor leadership but lost to
In 2021 he announced his campaign for the leader of the democratic party in its leadership by-election. He lost to Song Young-gil by less than 1% margin.
Personal life and education
Hong is a grandson of a member of the advisory council to the
Hong holds two degrees from Dongguk University - a bachelor in philosophy and a master's in administration. He also completed a doctorate programme on administration from his alma mater.[13]
Electoral history
Election | Year | Constituency | Party Affiliation | Votes | Percentage of votes | Results |
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18th National Assembly General Election | 2008 | Incheon Bupyeong B | Democratic Party (2008) | 33,707 | 38.15% | Lost |
By-election | 2009 | Incheon Bupyeong B | Democratic Party (2008) | 30,667 | 49.54% | Won |
19th National Assembly General Election | 2012 | Incheon Bupyeong B | Democratic United Party
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63,099 | 55.24% | Won |
20th National Assembly General Election | 2016 | Incheon Bupyeong B | Democratic Party of Korea | 54,974 | 43.77% | Won |
21st National Assembly General Election | 2020 | Incheon Bupyeong B | Democratic Party of Korea | 74,264 | 56.13% | Won |
Awards
- Order of Service Merit by the government of South Korea
References
- ^ a b c "[한경과 맛있는 만남] 홍영표 "대우車 용접공으로 위장취업…첫 담판서 김우중 회장 내 편으로"". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ a b "[실록민주화운동]59. 대우자동차 파업". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 2004-06-13. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ a b 김, 디모데 (2018-06-11). "[Who Is ?] 홍영표 더불어민주당 원내대표". [Who Is ?] 홍영표 더불어민주당 원내대표. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "홍영표 더불어민주당 신임 원내대표 프로필,학력,고향, 친일파 고백". 종교신문 1위 크리스천투데이. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- Naver News(in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "[포토] 국회 환노위 근로시간 52시간 단축 합의". www.asiae.co.kr (in Korean). 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "'데드라인 직전' 한국GM 노사 극적 합의…홍영표 의원 울먹인 대목 / SBS - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "민주, 패스트트랙 지정에 박수·환호…"역사적 의미 있는 날"". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "[클로즈업] 청부 협상가 홍영표 "오늘에야 원내대표 끝난 거 같다"". NewsPim (in Korean). 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "대한민국 영문법령". elaw.klri.re.kr. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "용접공에서 원내대표 된 홍영표… 과거 '친일파 후손입니다' 고백". Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "[인천부평을] 새누리당, 홍영표 '조부 친일' 공격…2012 반복?". 인천투데이 (in Korean). 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "홍영표 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.