Sohn Hak-kyu

Sohn Hak-kyu
손학규
Leader of the Bareunmirae Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 September 2018
Preceded by	Kim Dong-cheol (Interim)
Member of the National Assembly
In office 28 April 2011 – 29 May 2012
Preceded by	Kang Jae-sup
Succeeded by	Jhun Ha-jin
Constituency	Bundang B (Seongnam)
In office 30 May 2000 – 30 June 2002
Preceded by	Cho Se-hyung
Succeeded by	Jeon Jae-hee
Constituency	Gwangmyeong
In office 25 April 1993 – 6 April 1998
Preceded by	Yoon Hang-youl
Succeeded by	Cho Se-hyung
Constituency	Gwangmyeong
Chairman of the Democratic Party
In office 3 October 2010 – 22 December 2011
Preceded by	Chung Sye-kyun
Succeeded by	Position abolished
In office 17 February 2008 – 6 July 2008 Serving with Park Sang-chun
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Chung Sye-kyun
Governor of Gyeonggi Province
In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2006
Preceded by	Lim Chang-youl
Succeeded by	Kim Moon-soo
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office 13 November 1996 – 5 August 1997
President	Kim Young-sam
Preceded by	Lee Sung-ho
Succeeded by	Choi Kwang
Personal details
Born	(1947-11-22) 22 November 1947 Siheung County, South Korea
Political party	Bareunmirae Party
Alma mater	Seoul National University University of Oxford
Website	http://www.hq.or.kr/
Korean name
Hangul	손학규
Hanja	孫鶴圭
Revised Romanization	Son Hak-gyu
McCune–Reischauer	Son Hak-kyu

Sohn Hak-kyu (born 22 November 1947) is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He was the leader of the liberal Democratic Party.^[1]

A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from University of Oxford.

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