Jun Hee-kyung

Jun Hee-kyung (Korean: 전희경, born 9 October 1975) is a South Korean conservative[1] politician who is a member of the National Assembly from right-wing Liberty Korea Party (LKP) since 2016. Before joining the politics, she was the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics.[2][3]

Jun Hee-kyung
전희경
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2016
ConstituencyProportional
Personal details
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975
Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyLiberty Korea Party
Other political
affiliations		Saenuri Party (2016-2017)
Alma materEwha Womans University
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Jun was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul[3] but grown up and educated in Uijeongbu after her father's business failure.[1] According to her, she was an introvert and liked to think about something during this time.[1] She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration from Ewha Womans University.[2]

She served as the policy director of Citizens United for Better Society[3] from 2006 to 2012,[1] policy team leader of Korea Economic Research Institute from 2012 to 2014, and the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics[3] (then Centre for Free Enterprise) from 2014 to 2016. She also represented Saenuri Party (then Liberty Korea Party) during the history textbook controversies in 2015.[3][4]

Prior to 2016 election, Jun was brought into the Saenuri Party.[5][4] She ran 9th in the Saenuri list and elected for the National Assembly.[2][3] During the presidential election in 2017, she was appointed as the spokesperson of the LKP's presidential candidate, Hong Jun-pyo.[3]

She is socially conservative, who opposes same-sex marriage[6][7] and advocates harsher immigration policy.[8]

Controversies

In 2016, she faced a criticism regarding with her thesis plagiarism in Ewha University.[2] It was reported that about 79% of her thesis was plagiarised from the others.[2] On 23 March 2017, she gave her degree up.[9]

Jun received another protests after her controversial remarks towards Im Jong-seok.[10][11]

gollark: Apparently American healthcare spending is something like 17% of GDP for some insane reason. So it would be a big fraction of the government budget, if they ran it as efficiently as it currently operated.
gollark: Possibly. Paying people if they want to move out seems more reasonable than doing stupid things to local property markets, or whatever, or adjusting taxes so those already there can afford it.
gollark: That doesn't mean the cost can't/shouldn't be *reduced*.
gollark: Instead of incentivizing people to stay there and driving up the price.
gollark: Yes.

References
  1. "보수 '잔 다르크' 국회의원 전희경, 행상 할머니에 울던 소녀가 '피도 눈물도 없는 전사(戰士)'가 되다!". 29 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. "[단독] '국정화 전도사' 새누리 비례후보 전희경 '논문 표절'". 11 April 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. "[레이더P] [대선후보 돕는 사람들] 홍준표…당인사+경남도청 인맥 주축". 18 April 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. "`역사교과서 국정화 전도사` 전희경, 새누리 비례대표 후보 신청". 13 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. "새누리당, 1차 인재영입 6명 중 5명 '젊은 변호사'". 10 January 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. "해외 반동성애 인사 초청 강연에 자리 깔아 준 국회, '국제적 망신 자초'". 2 June 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. "김이수 이어 김명수…보수야당 '동성애 혐오' 새 색깔론". 15 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  8. "김진태 '전세계 좌파 똘똘 뭉쳐 기존 질서 흔드는 게 난민 문제'". 12 July 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  9. "전희경 논문표절 인정, 의원직 사퇴는?". 4 May 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  10. "전희경 "주사파 청와대"에…임종석 "그게 질의인가"". 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  11. "전희경-임종석·정의용 충돌…"주사파 靑 장악" vs "매우 유감"". 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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