Yu Sung-yup

Yu Sung-yup (Korean: 유성엽, born 25 January 1960) is a South Korean politician who was the Member of the National Assembly for Jeongeup from 2008 (also for Gochang from 2016) to 2020. He was also the co-Presidents of the Minsaeng Party, serving with Park Joo-hyun. He formerly served the mayor of Jeongeup from 2002 to 2006. As a former member of the Party for Democracy and Peace, he was the party's Vice President from 2018 to 2019 and the parliamentary leader from May to August 2019.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Yu.
Yu Sung-yup
유성엽
President of the Minsaeng Party
In office
24 February 2020 – 20 April 2020
serving with Kim Jung-hwa from 24 March 2020 to 20 April 2020
served with Park Joo-hyun until 23 March 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2016 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byHimself (as Jeongeup)
Kim Choon-jin (as Gochang)
Succeeded byYoon Joon-byung
ConstituencyJeongeup-Gochang
In office
30 May 2008 – 29 May 2016
Preceded byKim Won-ki
Succeeded byHimself (as Jeongeup-Gochang)
ConstituencyJeongeup
Mayor of Jeongeup
In office
1 July 2002 – 8 February 2006
Preceded byKuk Seung-rock
Succeeded byKang Kwang
Personal details
Born (1960-01-25) 25 January 1960
Jeongeup, North Jeolla, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyMinsaeng Party
Other political
affiliations		Millennium Democratic Party
Uri Party
United Democratic Party
New Politics Alliance for Democracy
People's Party
Party for Democracy and Peace
New Alternatives
Alma materSeoul National University
OccupationPolitician

Career

Yu was the candidate for mayor of Jeongup from the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) during the local election in 2002.[1] He defeated the incumbent Kuk Seung-rock[2] who faced harsh criticisms at the end of his term.[3] He left the MDP and joined the Uri Party on October 2003.[4] He ran for the party's primary of Governor of North Jeolla in the early 2006,[5] but defeated by Kim Wan-joo.[6]

He won as an independent candidate[7] for Jeongeup during the parliamentary election in 2008 and won again in 2012. Later, he shortly entered to New Politics Alliance for Democracy, but left the party and joined People's Party.[8] In 2016, he ran for the newly-formed Jeongeup-Gochang constituency and defeated Ha Jeong-yeol of the Democratic Party.[9]

In the early 2018, Yu left the People's Party and joined the newly-formed Party for Democracy and Peace (PDP). He ran for the party's presidency during the leadership election in August 2018, but came behind to Chung Dong-young,[10] a former presidential candidate in 2007 South Korean presidential election. Instead, he became one of the Vice Presidents,[10] but quit the position when he was elected the party's parliamentary leader.[11][12]

On 12 August 2019, Yu left the PDP along with the party's dissidents group named Alternative Political Alliance for Change and Hope (later the New Alternatives).[13] On 24 February 2020, he was elected as the co-Presidents of the newly-formed Minsaeng Party, along with Park Joo-hyun.[14]

Ideology

Yu is a conservative and economically liberal who criticises President Moon Jae-in. He opposes Moon's Keynesian economic policy while advocating tax reductions.[15][16] He has also a sceptical view towards the minimum wages.[15][16]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Yu urged the government to ban Chinese citizens from entering to South Korea in order to protect locals.[17]

Election results

General elections
YearConstituencyPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
2008JeongeupIndependent33,489 (61.03%)Won
2012JeongeupIndependent28,810 (48.73%)Won
2016Jeongeup-GochangPeople's43,670 (47.96%)Won
2020Jeongeup-GochangMinsaeng28,186 (30.22%)Defeated

Local elections

Mayor of Jeongeup
YearPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
2002MDP22,699 (34.98%)Won
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References
  1. "[표] [지방선거] 기초단체장 - 전북". 29 May 2002. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. "[6.13 지방선거] 기초단체장 득표 최종집계 : 충남 ; 전북". 14 June 2002. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. "[이주의 이슈] 지방자치의 위기와 국승록 정읍시장". 19 January 2001. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. "유성엽 정읍시장,민주당 탈당키로". 23 October 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. "유성엽 정읍시장 ＂전북지사 출마"". 26 January 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. "여당 전북지사 후보 김완주 전 전주시장 확정". 24 April 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  7. "유성엽 전 정읍시장, 무소속 출마 선언". 20 March 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  8. "국민의당 유성엽 3선 국회의원 당선". 17 December 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. "국민의당 유성엽 3선 국회의원 당선". 21 April 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  10. "[2보]정동영, 민주평화당 차기 당 대표 선출…득표율 68.57%". 5 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  11. "유성엽 "바른미래당과 제3지대 신당 창당에 진력"". 13 May 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  12. "유성엽 평화당 새원내대표에 선출… "패스트트랙 지정 선거제 법안 수정"". 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  13. "평화당 11명 탈당… 1년 6개월만에 分黨". 12 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  14. "'호남계 주축' 바른미래·대안신당·평화당 3당 합당…'민생당' 출범". 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  15. "유성엽 "소득주도성장, 방법 틀려…내년 최저임금 동결 바람직"". 9 July 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  16. "유성엽 "소득주도성장을 감세·공무원축소로 재설계해야"". 9 July 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  17. "유성엽 의원, 중국발 외국인 입국금지 즉각 시행해야". 2 February 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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