Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (Ex-Speaker)

Birth Date 16 February 1937. Election District North Cholla Province

Since 1979 he was elected six times as a member of the parliament (10, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17 convocations)

Education:

1960 Graduated from the Political Science Faculty, Korean Yense University.

Professional Activity:

1960 Journalist of "Dona Ilbo" Newspaper;

1979 Deputy head of the parliamentary fraction of the New Democratic Party;

1980 Press-Secretary of the Democratic Party of Korea;

1988 Head of the parliamentary fraction of the Party for peace and democracy;

1989 Special Advisor to the President of South Korea;

1990 Chairman of the Committee on Education and Sports of the National Assembly;

1991 Delegate of the National Assembly at the Conference of the International Post Union in Hengyang;

General Secretary of the Democratic Party (DP)

1993 Member of the Supreme Council of DP;

Representative of the DP Special Committee on investigation of the incident with the democratic demonstration in Quanzhu City

1995 Co-Chairman of the Central Executive Council of the Democratic Party on Integration;

Executive Vice-President of DP

1996 Co-Chairman of the Congress for national integration;

1998 Chairman of the trilateral commission, with the participation of the representatives of trade unions, employers and the government;

2000 Member of the Committee on Commerce, Industry and Power of the National Assembly;
Member of the Supreme Council of the ruling Democratic Party in the new millennium

2002 Member of the Committee on the affairs of union, foreign affairs and trade of the National Assembly;

2003 Executive chairman of the ruling party "Yellin Uri";
Member of the Committee on Education of the National Assembly

2004 Special Advisor to the President of Korea on political issues;

Chairman of the Council of Senior Advisors of the ruling party "Yellin Uri"

2004-2006
Speaker of the 17th National Assembly
From June
2006 Member of the National Assembly from the ruling party "Yellin Uri"

Publications

- "History of the Development of Fishery in the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean"

- "Untold Stories of the First Republic of Korea" (Coauthor)

- "Trust Policy"

He is married; he has two sons.