Jasmine Bacurnay Lee

Lee Jasmine
이자스민
Jasmine Bacurnay Lee
자스민 바쿠어나이 이
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
29 Jan 2024
ConstituencyProportional Representation №9
In office
30 May 2012 – 29 May 2016
ConstituencyProportional Representation №15
Personal details
Born
Jasmine Villanueva Bacurnay

(1977-01-06) January 6, 1977 (age 47)
Manila, Philippines
Political partyJustice Party
(2019 ~ )
Other political
affiliations
Liberty Korea Party
(until 2019)
Spouse
Lee Dong-ho
(m. 1995; died 2010)
Children
  • Lee Seung-geun (son)
  • Lee Seung-yeon (daughter)
Alma materAteneo de Davao University
OccupationActress, TV Host, Civil Servant
Korean name
Hangul
이자스민
Hanja
자스민
Revised RomanizationI Jaseumin
McCune–ReischauerI Chasŭmin

Jasmine Bacurnay Lee (born Jasmine Bacurnay y Villanueva; January 6, 1977) is a South Korean television personality, actress and civil servant. Elected as a proportional representative in South Korea's National Assembly in 2012, she is the first non-ethnic Korean and naturalized South Korean to become a lawmaker.[1]

  1. ^ Hicap, Jonathan (2012-04-12). "Filipino Jasmine Lee makes history, wins in South Korea election". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-05-21.