Yeo Yeong-gug

In this Korean name, the family name is Yeo.
Yeo Yeong-gug
여영국
Yeo in 2021
Leader of the Justice Party
In office
23 March 2021 – 2 June 2022
Preceded byKang Eun-mi (acting)
Succeeded byLee Eun-ju (acting)
Lee Jeong-mi
Member of the National Assembly
In office
4 April 2019 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byRoh Hoe-chan
Succeeded byKang Gi-yun
ConstituencySeongsan, Changwon
Personal details
Born (1965-01-28) 28 January 1965 (age 59)
Sacheon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Political partyJustice Party
Alma materChangwon National University
OccupationTrade unionist
WebsiteOfficial website
Korean name
Hangul
여영국
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeo Yeongguk
McCune–ReischauerYŏ Yŏngguk

Yeo Yeong-gug (Korean: 여영국; born 28 January 1965) is a South Korean politician who led the Justice Party from 2021 to 2022. He was previously a member of the National Assembly from 2019 until 2020, and also served on the South Gyeongsang Provincial Council.[1][2]

Life

Yeo Yeong-gug was born on 28 January 1965 in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province. As a young man, he also worked as a senior official of the Korean Metal Workers' Union while working with labour movements.

He entered the political world, leaving the labor movement, and has since been elected as member of the South Gyeongsang Provincial Council in the 2010 local elections. He was also elected in the 2014 elections, but lost in the 2018 election. After Roh Hoe-chan's death, he ran for the by-election in the Seongsan District, Changwon.[3] On 25 March 2019, the Democratic Party's candidate Kwon Min-ho withdrew from the by-election as a candidate and declared his support for Yeo Yeong-gug.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "[인터뷰] 여영국 "황교안 총리 시절 창원 경제 바닥이었다"". CPBC (가톨릭평화방송) (in Korean). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ "[4ㆍ3 후보 인터뷰] 여영국 "'강기윤 찍으면 黃이 대통령 된다'…대권에만 관심"". Herald Economic Newspaper (in Korean). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ "보선 D-1…지지층 결집 사활건 창원성산 후보들 "한표라도 더"". Yonhap (in Korean). 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. ^ "정의당 여영국, '노회찬 지역구' 창원 성산 단일후보 선출". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 25 March 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. ^ "사퇴한 권민호 "여영국, 탄핵 부정세력 심판해 달라"". OhmyNews (in Korean). 25 March 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.