Lee Jung-hee
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Lee Jeong-hee 이정희 | |
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| One of the leading progressive lights in Korean politics. Willing to take a stand against conservatism which stifles the development of South Korea. | |
| Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) candidate for President of South Korea | |
| Opponent(s) | Park Geun-hye (Saenuri Party), Moon Jae-in (MinJu Party) South Korean presidential election. |
| Incumbent | Lee Myung-bak |
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| Born | December 22, 1969 Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) |
| Spouse | Sim Jae-hwan |
| Website | uriminzokkiri.com |
Lee Jeong-hee(Korean: 이정희, hanja:李正姬, born December 22, 1969) is a Korean lawyer, politician and human rights activist, Feminism activists. 18,19th member of the South Korea National Assembly. She is one of the candidates for the South Korean 2012 presidential election .
Biography
Early years
Lee was born in Seoul in 1969. A graduate of Somun woman high School and Seoul University, she joined the student movement in 1992. During her early years, she was a human rights' activist, workers' rights activist, women's rights activist and a Feminist.
Political Activities
In 2007 she joined the Democratic Labor Party (merged in 2011 with other parties to form the Unified Progressive Party). She was elected as a member of the National Assembly in 2008.[1]
In 2008 she was Viceheader of Democratic Labor Partys and next years, her elected to Democratic Labor Partys header.
Currently she is a UPP candidate for the 2012 presidential election. Her use, during a presidential debate, of expressions and turns of words normally employed by the North Korean state-run media, to address the North Korean government and the Cheonan sinking, has elicited negative reactions from politicians and commentators, spurring for her the accusation of acting as "North Korea’s spokeswoman".[2]
book
- Love and Song and sick (2010)
- Future advances
- Learned woman
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