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Park Jung-hyun (politician)

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Park Jung-hyun
박정현
Mayor of Daedeok District
Assumed office
1 July 2018
Preceded byPark Soo-beom
Member of Daejeon Metropolitan Council
In office
1 July 2014 – 12 March 2018
ConstituencySeo District 4th district
In office
1 July 2010 – 30 June 2014
Constituencyproportional representation
Personal details
Born (1964-11-04) 4 November 1964 (age 59)
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materChungnam National University

Park Jung-hyun (Korean박정현; Hanja朴貞炫; 4 November 1964) is a South Korean politician serving as Mayor of Daedeok District of Daejeon and Daejeon's first woman district mayor from July 2018.[1]

Before entering politics in 2010, Park had worked at environmental organisations most notably as Green Korea United's deputy secretary general from 2008 after Kim Je-nam and its Daejeon-Chungnam branch's secretary general from 1997.[2]

In the 2010 election, Park was placed as the top of the proportional list of her party. In 2011 she resigned from vice-chair of Industry and Construction Committee of Daejeon Metropolitan Council over issuing Municipal bond to fund the construction of accommodation for Daejeon Hana Citizen, a football club owned by the City.[3]

In the 2014 election, Park was re-elected. Since then, she took multiple roles in her party such as vice chair of its Women's Committee, vice chair of its Special Committee on Fine Dust and co-spokesperson of Moon Jae-in's second presidential campaign in Daejeon.[4]

In the 2018 election, Park defeated the incumbent Daedeok Mayor from opposition party becoming the first woman mayor of any of 5 districts in Daejeon.[1] She is also the first mayor of Daedeok not from now-United Future Party or its preceding parties in 12 years.[4]

Park holds LLB from Chungnam National University.

Electoral history

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Election Year Post Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
5th Local Election 2010 Member of Daejeon Metropolitan Council (proportional representation) Democratic Party (2008) 174,876 29.83% Won
6th Local Election 2014 Member of Daejeon Metropolitan Council from Seo District's 4th district New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) 18,583 49.38% Won
7th Local Election 2018 Mayor of Daedeok District Democratic Party 50,263 57.9% Won

References

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  1. ^ a b 한, 종구 (14 June 2018). "[6·13 선거] 대전 첫 여성 구청장 탄생…박정현 당선 확실". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ "박정현 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ "박정현 시의원, 집행기관 맞서 부위원장직 사퇴". 충청뉴스 (in Korean). 29 November 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "박정현 대덕구청장 당선자, "대전 첫 여성구청장으로 구민의 기대에 부응하겠다"". 밥상뉴스 (in Korean). 22 June 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2020.