Park Byeong-seug

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Park Byeong-seug in June 2020
Korean spelling
Hangeul 박병석
Hanja 朴炳錫
Revised
Romanization 		Bak Byeong-seok
McCune-
Reischauer 		Pak Pyŏng-sŏk

Park Byeong-seug (born January 25, 1952 in Daejeon , South Korea ) is a South Korean politician . He has been Chairman of the South Korean National Assembly since June 5, 2020 . Until his election as Speaker of Parliament he was a member of the Deobureo-Minju party to, is currently, however, pursuant to the provisions non-party .

Career

Park studied law at Sungkyunkwan University and communication studies at Hanyang University . He then worked for the daily JoongAng Ilbo as a correspondent in Hong Kong . During the Tian'anmen massacre , Park reported on the arrest of Zhao Ziyang .

Since 2000 he has represented seat A of the western constituency of his hometown Daejeon in parliament. After the parliamentary elections in South Korea in 2020 , Park was elected as the new chairman of the National Assembly, succeeding Moon Hee-sang . In his election he received 191 of 193 votes. The largest opposition party, the Mirae-tonghap party , left the chamber in protest and stayed away from the vote.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ National Assembly elects speaker despite UFP's boycott. Retrieved June 23, 2020 (English).

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Park is the family name here, Byeong-seug

is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Park, Byeong-seug
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 박병석 (Korean, Hangeul); 朴炳錫 (Korean, Hanja); Bak Byeong-seok (Revised Romanization); Pak Pyŏng-sŏk (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Daejeon , South Korea