Park Young-sun

Park Young-sun (Korean: 박영선; Hanja: 朴映宣; born 22 January 1960) is a South Korean politician currently serving as the Minister of SMEs and Startups since appointed by President Moon Jae-in in April 2019 and a four-term parliamentarian of Democratic Party. She is the first female leader of SME-specialised government entity since its creation in 1996.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.
Park Young-sun
박영선
Minister of SMEs and Startups
Assumed office
8 April 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Preceded byHong Jong-hak
Chairman of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy
Interim
In office
4 August 2014 – 27 September 2014
Preceded byKim Han-gil
Ahn Cheol-soo
Succeeded byMoon Hee-sang (Interim)
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2008 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byKim Han-gil
Succeeded byYun Kun-young
ConstituencyGuro B (Seoul)
In office
30 May 2004 – 29 May 2008
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born (1960-01-22) 22 January 1960
Changnyeong, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic
Children1 son
Alma materKyung Hee University
Sogang University

Korean name
Hangul
박영선
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBak Yeongseon
McCune–ReischauerPak Yŏngsŏn

Background

Park was born in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsangnam province on January 22, 1960.[1] After attending Sudo Girl's High School, she completed B.S. Geography at Kyung Hee University and a master's degree in journalism from the Graduate School of Sogang University.[2]

Career

Park worked for MBC after completing her degree. She joined the television network in 1982 as a reporter. She became an anchor and the Chief Manager of the network's business news department.

Park entered politics in 2004 after she was appointed the spokesperson of the Uri Party.[3] She became a member of the 17th National Assembly in South Korea, having been elected as a proportional representative in the same year.[2] Her constituency is the second electoral section of Guro-gu or Guro Eul(을 乙), where there is an industrial complex that SMEs and startups are concentrated.

Park has served as a chair of the 19th National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee and of the party's Special Committee on chaebol reform[4]. She was one of the vocal critics of South Korea's biggest chaebol, Samsung Group and was particularly noted for her position on a controversial SDS transaction and the profits accumulated from a 1999 deal ruled by the courts as illegal.[5] She played a leading role in passing bills related to economic democratization while serving as a chair of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee in 2013.

From May to October 2014, she served as the floor leader of New Politics Alliance for Democracy .[6] She is the first female politician who was elected a floor leader of a major opposition party in Korea.[7] She joined election campaign supporting candidate Moon Jae-in in 2017 South Korean presidential election.

In March 2019, she was appointed the Minister of SMEs and Startups.[8] She was also the first South Korean minister to serve in the Stewardship Board at a Davos Forum Platform.[9]

References
  1. Chung, Min-uck (2011-09-26). "Park advocate of universal welfare". koreatimes. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. "Woman Power: Rep. Park Young-sun appointed to head the Ministry of SMEs and Startups". KoreaTech Today - Korea's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. Shin, Ji-hye (May 20, 2020). "'Startups, SMEs hold key to Korea's future'". Korea Herald. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  4. "'Chaebol reform is road to advanced nation'". koreatimes. 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. "One Woman's Crusade For Samsung Family To Repay $2.2B IPO Windfall". www.fa-mag.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. "[Newsmaker] NPAD interim leader headed for choppy waters". The Korea Herald. August 4, 2014.
  7. "Rep. Park elected first female floor leader of major opposition party [date=8 May 2014". Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  8. Lee, Kwon-hyung (November 29, 2019). "SMEs minister hopes for brisk exchanges between startups and ASEAN". Korea Herald. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  9. 유지호 (2020-01-12). "Startups Minister Park Young-sun joins Stewardship Board for Davos Forum's body on manufacturing". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2020-05-24.


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