Hong Moon-jong
Hong Moon-jong | |
|---|---|
홍문종 | |
| President of the New Pro-Park Party | |
| Assumed office 25 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| President of the Our Republican Party | |
| In office 24 June 2019 Serving with Cho Won-jin as President of Korean Patriots' Party: 17 June 2019 - 24 June 2019 – 10 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Cho Won-jin |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Kang Sung-jong |
| Succeeded by | Kim Min-chul |
| Constituency | Uijeongbu 2nd |
| In office 25 April 2003 – 13 July 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Moon Hee-sang |
| Succeeded by | Moon Hee-sang (1st) Kang Sung-jong (2nd) |
| Constituency | Uijeongbu |
| In office 30 May 1996 – 29 May 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Moon Hee-sang |
| Succeeded by | Moon Hee-sang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1955 Yangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Political party | Pro-Park New Party |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Liberal Party (1995) New Korea Party (1995-1997) National Party - New (1997-1998) National Congress for New Politics (1998-2000) Grand National Party (2002-2006) Saenuri Party (2012-2017) Liberty Korea Party (2017-2019) Korean Patriots' Party (2019) Our Republican Party (2019-2020) |
| Spouse | Lee So-young |
| Parent | Hong Woo-jun |
| Relatives | See Namyang Hong clan |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 홍문종 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hong Mun-jong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hong Mun-chong |
Hong Moon-jong (Korean: 홍문종; born 26 May 1955) is a South Korean politician who served as the Member of the National Assembly for Uijeongbu 2nd constituency.[1][2] He also served as the Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party.[2][3] He is the son of the late former politician Hong Woo-jun.
Born at Yangju, Hong studied at Harvard University.[2] He started his political career when he entered to the Democratic Liberal Party (then New Korea Party aka NKP) in 1995.[3] During the general election in 1996,[3] he defeated Moon Hee-sang from the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP). In 1997, he left the NKP and joined the National Party - New (NPN) in order to endorse Lee In-je as the upcoming President. Hong stood up as a nonpartisan candidate in 2000[3] despite of his lost. He temporarily came back as MP after the by-election in 2003, till he lost just after a year.
After involving several controversies,[3] Hong officially came back as MP in 2012.[3] He was then re-elected in 2016. As one of the politicians supporting ex-President Park Geun-hye,[2][4] he endorsed her as President in 2007.[3] He unsuccessfully ran as the parliamentary leader of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) in 2017.[4]
In 2019, Hong announced to leave the LKP.[5][6] A minor political party named the Korean Patriots' Party elected Hong as the party president along with incumbent Cho Won-jin,[5][6] and the party officially changed their name as the Our Republican Party (ORP).
On 10 February 2020, Hong was sacked from the ORP after long-time conflicts with Cho.[7] He then formed the new party named Pro-Park New Party.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Opposition lawmaker to be summoned as bribery suspect". The Korea Herald. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ a b c d "전철·도로 등 복합교통망 구축… 반환 공여지 규제완화 박차". 27 April 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "친박 홍문종 사무총장 "민주당 나라 팔아먹을 사람들" 막말". 27 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ a b "[주간한국] [김형준 명지대 교수 칼럼] 심판대에 선 여야 정당 국민 지지 받는 길은". 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ a b "한국당 공천 물갈이론 술렁, 홍문종 "50명 탈당" 한다는데···". 16 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ a b "대한애국당, 홍문종 공동대표로 추대..."신공화당 만들 준비"". 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "홍문종이 우리공화당에서 제명됐다". 12 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "홍문종, '친박신당' 창당…"국회 폐쇄, 창당 방해 음모"". 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.