Cho Won-jin

Cho Won-jin
조원진
Cho speaking in February 2017 at an event in Dalseo District, Daegu
Leader of the Korean Patriots' Party
Assumed office
8 July 2017
Preceded by Position established
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
29 May 2008
Constituency Dalseo District
Personal details
Born (1959-01-07) 7 January 1959
Political party Korean Patriotic Party
Saenuri Party (2017) (April - July 2017)
Liberty Korea Party (until 2017)
Alma mater Yeungnam University
Korean name
Hangul 조원진
Hanja 趙源震
Revised Romanization Jo Wonjin
McCune–Reischauer Cho Wŏnjin

Cho Won-jin (born 7 January 1959) is a South Korean conservative pro-Park Geun-hye politician who served as the break-away Saenuri Party's presidential candidate in the 2017 presidential election. He had been a member of the Liberty Korea Party prior to that, representing Dalseo District, Daegu in the National Assembly since first being elected in the 2008 elections.[1][2] Cho vowed to become "a patriotic president to set the Republic of Korea straight", and pledged to boost the status of the country's war heroes and "correct distortions" in public education allegedly resulting from the domination of teaching unions, traditionally leftist.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Park loyalist hints at presidential run with revived Saenuri Party". Korea Herald. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Yeo, Jun-suk (1 April 2016). "Election 2016: Conservatives battle in Saenuri stronghold". Korea Herald. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Jackson, Ben (12 April 2017). "Saenuri Party Is Back. No, Not That Saenuri". Korea Exposé. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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