Jang Deog-cheon
Jang Deog-cheon | |
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장덕천 | |
Mayor of Bucheon | |
In office 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Kim Man-soo |
Succeeded by | Cho Yong-ik |
Personal details | |
Born | Namwon, South Korea | 28 November 1965
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Seoul National University |
Jang Deog-cheon (Korean: 장덕천; Hanja: 張德天; born 28 November 1965) is a South Korean lawyer and politician serving as Mayor of Bucheon City in Gyeonggi Province from 2018.
Lawyer
Jang was previously a legal advisor to the city from 2011 to 2015, Gyeonggi Province from 2017 to 2018 and Bucheon branch of Federation of Korean Trade Unions. He was also a lawyer at Bucheon office of Korea Legal Aid Corporation from 2016 to 2018 and a member of Incheon Regional National Labor Relations Commission from 2014 to 2015.[1][2][3]
In 2015 Jang filed the first case against the Ministry of Education to the Constitutional Court of Korea for later-impeached president Park Geun-hye's state-issued history textbook on behalf of his 10-years-old son and his spouse for violating their right to choose textbooks and breaking political impartiality of education.[4][5] In May 2017 President Moon Jae-in scrapped that policy on his third day in office.[6] In 2018 the Court dismissed the case as the policy does not exist anymore.[7]
Political career
In the 2016 general election, Jang applied to be party's candidate for now-Bucheon B constituency but lost to Sul Hoon.[8]
He worked at Moon Jae-in's second presidential campaign in 2017 as his special advisor on law and human rights. From 2018 he has served as a legal advisor to Roh Moo-hyun Foundation.[citation needed]
In the 2018 local election, Jang earned party's nomination defeating 8 candidates who mostly represented Bucheon at City council or Gyeonggi assembly and later joined his campaign.[9]
In March 2020, Jang criticised
Education
Jang holds a bachelor's degree in politics from Seoul National University.
Electoral history
Election | Year | Position | Party Affiliation | Votes | Percentage of votes | Results |
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7th local elections | 2018 | Mayor of Bucheon City | Democratic Party | 258,028 | 66.1% | Won |
References
- ^ "부천자치신문". bcbnews.kr. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "장덕천 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "[6·13 지방선거 인터뷰] 민주당 경선 '깜짝 승리' 장덕천 "부천시민의 도구로 써 달라"". 민중의소리 (in Korean). 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "장덕천 변호사, '역사교과서 국정화' 헌법소원 제기". www.lawtimes.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ 김, 계연 (2015-11-11). "'교과서 선택권 침해' 국정교과서 첫 헌법소원". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "2015헌마1060". search.ccourt.go.kr. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "더민주 원미을 설훈‧장덕천 경선 확정 - 부천포커스". www.efocus.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "기자회견 안한 신인, 9대1 경쟁 뚫고 부천시장 후보 된 사연". OhmyNews (in Korean). 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ MoneyToday (2020-03-26). "이재명 "돈 안준다"...고개 숙인 장덕천 부천시장 "기본소득 지지"". m.mt.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-19.