Sohn Hak-kyu

Leader of the Bareunmirae PartyIn office
2 September 2018 – 24 February 2020Preceded byKim Dong-cheol (Interim)Succeeded byParty dissolvedMember of the National AssemblyIn office
28 April 2011 – 29 May 2012Preceded byYim Tae-heeSucceeded byJhun Ha-jinConstituencyBundang B (Seongnam)In office
30 May 2000 – 30 June 2002Preceded byCho Se-hyungSucceeded byJeon Jae-heeConstituencyGwangmyeongIn office
25 April 1993 – 6 April 1998Preceded byYoon Hang-youlSucceeded byCho Se-hyungConstituencyGwangmyeongChairman of the Democratic PartyIn office
3 October 2010 – 22 December 2011Preceded byChung Sye-kyunSucceeded byPosition abolishedIn office
17 February 2008 – 6 July 2008Preceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byChung Sye-kyunGovernor of Gyeonggi ProvinceIn office
1 July 2002 – 30 June 2006Preceded byLim Chang-youlSucceeded byKim Moon-sooMinister of Health and WelfareIn office
13 November 1996 – 5 August 1997PresidentKim Young-samPreceded byLee Sung-hoSucceeded byChoi Kwang Personal detailsBorn (1947-11-22) 22 November 1947 (age 76)
Siheung County, South KoreaPolitical partyIndependentOther political
affiliationsBareunmirae Party (2018–2020)
People's Party (2017–2018)
Democratic Party of Korea (2007–2016)Alma materSeoul National University
University of OxfordWebsitehttp://www.hq.or.kr/Korean nameHangulHanjaRevised RomanizationSon Hak-gyuMcCune–ReischauerSon Hak-kyu

Sohn Hak-kyu (Korean: 손학규; born 22 November 1947) is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He was the leader of the liberal Democratic Party.^[1] Sohn announced he was running in the 2022 presidential election as an independent candidate,^[2] but subsequently withdrew his candidacy.^[3]

A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.

His daughter, Sohn Won-pyung, is a novelist.

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