Jun Hee-kyung

Jun Hee-kyung (Korean: 전희경, born 9 October 1975) is a South Korean conservative[1] politician who is a member of the National Assembly from right-wing Liberty Korea Party (LKP) since 2016. Before joining the politics, she was the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics.[2][3]

Jun Hee-kyung
전희경
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2016
ConstituencyProportional
Personal details
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975
Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyLiberty Korea Party
Other political
affiliations
Saenuri Party (2016-2017)
Alma materEwha Womans University
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Jun was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul[3] but grown up and educated in Uijeongbu after her father's business failure.[1] According to her, she was an introvert and liked to think about something during this time.[1] She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration from Ewha Womans University.[2]

She served as the policy director of Citizens United for Better Society[3] from 2006 to 2012,[1] policy team leader of Korea Economic Research Institute from 2012 to 2014, and the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics[3] (then Centre for Free Enterprise) from 2014 to 2016. She also represented Saenuri Party (then Liberty Korea Party) during the history textbook controversies in 2015.[3][4]

Prior to 2016 election, Jun was brought into the Saenuri Party.[5][4] She ran 9th in the Saenuri list and elected for the National Assembly.[2][3] During the presidential election in 2017, she was appointed as the spokesperson of the LKP's presidential candidate, Hong Jun-pyo.[3]

She is socially conservative, who opposes same-sex marriage[6][7] and advocates harsher immigration policy.[8]

Controversies

In 2016, she faced a criticism regarding with her thesis plagiarism in Ewha University.[2] It was reported that about 79% of her thesis was plagiarised from the others.[2] On 23 March 2017, she gave her degree up.[9]

Jun received another protests after her controversial remarks towards Im Jong-seok.[10][11]

References

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