Song Ok-joo

Song Ok-joo (Korean: 송옥주; Hanja: 宋玉珠; born 20 December 1965) is a South Korean politician and two-term parliamentarian currently representing Hwaseong at the National Assembly.

Song Ok-joo
송옥주
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2020
ConstituencyGyeonggi Hwaseong A
In office
30 May 2016 – 29 May 2020
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born (1965-12-20) 20 December 1965
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materYonsei University
This is a Korean name; the family name is Song.

From 1996 to 2016 Song had worked for her party and its preceding parties in areas of policy coordination, public relations and education.[1] From 2011 to 2012 she was a policy researcher at the National Assembly upon the nomination of her party.[2] In the 2012 general election, she was placed as the number 31 on the proportional representation list of her party. In the 2016 general election, she was placed as the number 3 on the list.

After becoming a parliamentarian in 2016, she took multiple roles in her party such as its spokesperson, deputy floor leader and deputy chair of Policy Planning Committee.[3]

In the 2020 general election, she won the constituency which was previously represented by a senior opposition figure and eight-term parliamentarian, Suh Chung-won, and only taken by opposition parties ever since it was created in 2008.[4]

In 2020 she was elected as the chair of National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee responsible for scrutinising Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Employment and Labor and related agencies.[5]

Song holds two degrees from Yonsei University - a bachelor in communication and a master's in administration.[2]

Electoral history
Election Year District Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
18th National Assembly General Election 2008 Gyeonggi Hwaseong A Democratic Party (2008) 14,107 25.31% Lost
19th National Assembly General Election 2012 Proportional representation Democratic United Party 7,777,123 36.45% Lost
20th National Assembly General Election 2016 Proportional representation Democratic Party 6,069,744 25.54% Won
21st National Assembly General Election 2020 Gyeonggi Hwaseong A Democratic Party 58,689 49.65% Won
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References
  1. "[4.13 총선 면면] 더민주, 당직자 송옥주 비례대표 3번 배정". 이투데이 (in Korean). 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. "송옥주 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. "제21대 화성 국회의원 송옥주 선거공약". gg.tgnews.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  4. News), 경기일보(Kyeonggi Daily (2020-04-27). "[4•15 총선 당선자 인터뷰] 화성갑 송옥주 (민주당)". 경기일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  5. "민주당 32년만의 상임위원장 '싹쓸이'…상임위 일제 가동(종합)". 뉴스1 (in Korean). 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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