Choung Byoung-gug

Choung Byoung-gug
정병국
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2000 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byKim Kil-hwan
Succeeded byKim Sun-gyo
ConstituencyGyeonggi Yeoju-Yangpyeong (2016~2020)
Gyeonggi Yeoju-Yangpyeong-Gapyeong (2012~2016)
Gyeonggi Yangpyeong-Gapyeong (2000~2012)
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism
In office
27 January 2011 – 19 September 2011
PresidentLee Myung-bak
Preceded byYu In-chon
Succeeded byChoe Kwang-shik
Personal details
Born (1958-02-10) 10 February 1958 (age 66)
Bu-ri, Gaegun-myeon, Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Political partyPeople Power Party
Alma materSungkyunkwan University (Ph.D.)
Korean name
Hangul
정병국
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeong Byeongguk
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Pyŏngkuk

Choung Byoung-gug (Korean정병국; born 10 February 1958) is a South Korean politician and the former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. He was the leader of the centre-right Bareunmirae Party, and Chairman of the Special Committee on the 4th Industrial Revolution of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea.