Song Young-gil

Song Young-gil is the mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea.

Born	March 21, 1963 JeollaNamdo, Korea
National	KOREA
Political party	United New Democratic Party
Alma mater	Yonsei University
Family	Married with two children
Religion	Catholic
web site	http://mayor.incheon.go.kr

Education

• 2006 Senior in the Department of Japanese Studies at Korea National Open University
• 2005. 2. BA in Korea Chinese Language & Literature, Korea National Open University
• 1988. 2. BA in Business Administration, Yonsei University

Career

• 2010. 7. 1 Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City (four-year term)
• 2008 Member of the 18th Korean National Assembly (re-elected)
• 2007 Chairman of the United New Democratic Party's Incheon Division

Secretary-General, Uri Party Co-Chairman of the Market Economy & Social Safety Net Forum

• 2006 Chairman of Special Committee on Korea-US FTA, Uri Party

Ranking Member of Special Committee on Korea-US FTA

Senior Vice-Chairman of the Policy Committee, Uri Party

Senior Vice-President of Uri Party Foundation

• 2005 Chairman of the Uri Party's National Integration Execution (Practice) Committee

Member of the 17th National Assembly (re-elected)

Member of Finance and Economy Committee

Member of Special Committee on Inter-Korean Relations Improvement

Chairman of the Korea-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Council's 21st Century Committee

Vice-Chairman of the Assemblymen's Organization for Rectifying National Spirit

Vice-President, South-North Korean Economic Cultural Cooperation Foundation

Co-Chairman of the Uri Party's "New Pursuit for National Prosperity"

Chairman of the Korea-France Parliamentarians' Friendship Association

• 2004~2006 Member of Finance and Economy Committee (Ranking Member)
• 2004~2005 Chairman of the Uri Party's Electronic Party Committee

Member of Special Committee on Ethics

Chairman of Civil Society Committee, Uri Party

• 2002~2004 Member of Finance & Economy Committee, National Assembly
• 2002~2003 Member of House Steering Committee, National Assembly

Deputy Floor Leader of the MDP

Member of Committee on Budget & Accounting, National Assembly

• 2001~2002 Chairman of Special Committee on Labor, the Millennium Democratic Party

(MDP, Predecessor of the Uri Party)

Member of Legislation & Judiciary Committee, National Assembly

Member of Committee on Budget & Accounting, National Assembly

• 2000~2004 Member of the 16th Korean National Assembly
• 1997 Member, Lawyers for a Democratic Society

Member, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy

• 1997~2000 Lawyer, Hwang Hae Law Firm
• 1994. 2. Passed the 36th Korean National Bar Exam
• 1991 Secretary General, National Taxi Labor Union in Incheon Municipality
• 1984 President of the Student Association, Yonsei University

Key Present Positions

• From 1997 Governor of Saeul Foundation of Culture (Present)
• From 1999 Director of Incheon House for Opening Tomorrow (Present)
• From 2000 Member of Child Fund Korea (former Korea Social Welfare Foundation) (Present)
• From 2001 Honorary Director of Sales of GM Daewoo (Present)
• From 2004 Vice Chairman of Foundation of Inter-Korea Cooperation (Present)

Advisor of Asia Peace and History Education Network (Present)

• From 2007 Chief Educational Advisor of Dongseonambuk Forum (Present)
• From 2008 Senior Member of Democratic Party (Present)

President of Ethical Committee, Alumni Association, Korea National Open University (Present)

Reporting and Broadcasting

• 1982 Served as a reporter at the Yonsei Chunchu (48th Session)
• 1998 Served as an attorney in charge of law in life at i-TV and YTN

Awards

• 2009 Won the Order of Legion d’honneur from French Government

External links

• Song young-gil's webloghttp://bulloger.tistory.com