Park Young-sun
Appearance
Park Young-sun | |
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박영선 | |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 30 May 2008 | |
Preceded by | Kim Han-gil |
Constituency | Seoul Guro B |
In office 30 May 2004 – 29 May 2008 | |
Constituency | Proportional representation |
Personal details | |
Born | Changnyeong, South Korea | 22 January 1960
Political party | The Minjoo Party of Korea |
Children | 1 son |
Alma mater | Kyung Hee University Sogang University |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 박영선 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Bak Yeongseon |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Yŏngsŏn |
Park Young-sun (born January 22, 1960) is a South Korean politician. She has a bachelor's degree in geography from Kyung Hee University. She is a member of the National Assembly. And she was the elected floor leader of New Politics Alliance for Democracy between May and October 2014.[1]
Park was a MBC TV reporter[2] before becoming a politician in 2004. In 2014, she was elected the first female floor leader of a major opposition party in Korea.[3]
Park crafted "The Specific Criminal Profits Forfeiture Bill" which is so-called "Lee Hak-soo bill" on February 16, 2015.[citation needed] She said that she had promoted the bill to confiscate illegal profits in an effort to realize "social justice."[citation needed]
References
- ^ "[Newsmaker] NPAD interim leader headed for choppy waters". The Korea Herald. August 4, 2014.
- ^ "Sharp-tongued TV anchor moves into politics". 20 January 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Rep. Park elected first female floor leader of major opposition party [date=8 May 2014". Retrieved 3 October 2015.