Yang Yiwonyoung

Yang Yiwonyoung or Yang Yi Wonyoung (Korean: 양이원영; Hanja: 梁李媛瑛; born 14 May 1971) is a South Korean environmentalist currently serving as a Democratic member of National Assembly.

Yang Yiwonyoung
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2020
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born
Yang Won-young

(1971-05-14) 14 May 1971
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSogang University
KDI School of Public Policy and Management
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
This is a Korean name; the family name is Yang.

Before entering politics, Yang has dedicated her career in civil societies - specifically environment movements. She has worked at Korea Federation for Environmental Movements for over a decade. She also led civil movements calling for nuclear free societies and transition to green(er) energy.[1]

In the 2020 general election, she was recruited by and joined Platform Party after her party, Green Party Korea, decided not to join Platform Party's grand coalition with small parties and civil societies. After the election, Platform Party and its sister party, Democratic Party, merged as planned which resulted in her becoming a member of the party she previously criticised for "its lack of green initiatives and pro-nuclear energy stances."[2]

She legally changed her name to Yang Yiwonyoung (Yang as last name and the rest as given name) to reflect both of her parents' last names in her name in May 2020. Her previous legal name, Yang Wonyoung, had her dad's last name, Yang, but not her mom's last name, Yi, like most Koreans. However, she has been using "Yang Yi Wonyoung" as her name even before the court confirmed her name change, which is standard procedure for any type of name change. She is the first parliamentarian in Korea to have and use their name which has both of their parents' last names during their terms .[3]

Yang holds three degrees - a bachelor in biology from Sogang University, a MPP from KDI School of Public Policy and Management and MBA from HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.[4]

Electoral history
Election Year District Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
21st National Assembly General Election 2020 Proportional representation Platform Party 9,307,112 33.3% Won

References
  1. "'원전 거인'에 돌팔매로 맞선 20년". www.danbinews.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. 수정: 2020.03.24 22:51, 입력: 2020 03 24 22:47 (2020-03-24). "더시민 비례후보 '환경운동가' 양이원영 "탈핵 말할 사람 없을 것 같아 결단"". news.khan.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. "환경운동가 양이원영, '양 이원영' 의원 된다". www.hani.co.kr (in Korean). 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  4. "양이원영 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
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