Kim Chong-in

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Kim Chong-in in April 2016
Korean spelling
Hangeul 김종인
Hanja 金鍾仁
Revised
Romanization 		Kim Chongin
McCune-
Reischauer 		Gim Jongin

Kim Chong-in (born July 7, 1940 in Siheung , Japanese Empire ) is a South Korean politician and former member of the Gukhoe .

Kim was an elected member of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1988, 1992 to 1994 and 2004 to 2008 via the party list. From 1989 to 1990 he served as Minister of Health and Social Affairs under President Roh Tae-woo .

Career

Before entering politics, Kim studied German at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and received his doctorate in economics from the University of Münster in 1972 . He was later a professor at Sogang University and chairman of the board of Kookmin Bank , the largest private bank in Korea.

Kim is believed to be the architect of later President Park Geun-hye's victorious campaign in the 2012 presidential election . Kim originally wanted to run as a candidate in the 2017 presidential election and left the Deobureo-minju party , of which he was interim chairman in 2016, but later supported Ahn Cheol-soo .

In 2020, in the run-up to the 2020 general election , he joined the newly formed Mirae-tonghap party to lead its election campaign. After the election defeat and the resignation of Hwang Kyo-ahn as party chairman of the MTP, he was appointed third interim party chairman after Shim Jae-chul and Joo Ho-young .

After North Korea blew up the joint liaison office in mid-June 2020, Kim demanded an official apology from Moon Jae-in for his supposedly wrong policy towards the north.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b UFP recruits ex-DP head as campaign chief. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  2. ^ The Korea Herald: Kim Chong-in joins minor moderates in presidential race. April 5, 2017, accessed April 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ The Korea Herald: Kim Chong-in accepts Ahn's call to lead panel for joint gov't. April 30, 2017, accessed April 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ 황 장진: (LEAD) Ex-campaign chief to head emergency leadership of the main opposition party. April 24, 2020, accessed on April 24, 2020 .
  5. ^ The Korea Herald: Main opposition calls for resumption of psychological warfare againt North. June 22, 2020, accessed on July 4, 2020 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Chong-in is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim, Chong-in
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김종인 (Korean, Hangeul); 金鍾仁 (Korean, Hanja); Kim Chongin (Revised Romanization); Gim Jongin (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Siheung , South Korea