Kim Je-nam

Kim Je-nam
김제남
Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Society
In office
11 August 2020 – 28 May 2021
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byKim Keo-sung
Succeeded byBang Jung-kyun
Secretary to the President for Climate and Environment
In office
20 January 2020 – 10 August 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Succeeded byPark Jin-sub
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2012 – 29 May 2016
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born (1963-06-12) 12 June 1963 (age 61)
Political partyJustice Party (South Korea)
Alma materDuksung Women's University
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Je-nam (Korean: 김제남; Hanja: 金霽南; born 12 June 1963) is a South Korean politician who served as President Moon Jae-in's Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Society from 2020 to 2021. Kim was the first woman to ever assume such a post.[1]

Before she was promoted to senior presidential secretary, Kim worked for Moon as his secretary for climate and the environment despite her previous political career as an opposition party parliamentarian and member.[2] In May 2021 Kim was replaced by Bang Jung-kyun, a professor at Sangji University.[3]

Before entering politics, Kim worked for civil societies for environment - most notably Green Korea United. Kim was one of central figures in merging three environmental organisations into Green Korea United in 1994.[4] Kim led this organisation as its first Deputy Secretary General from its foundation to 2007.[5][6]

In 2012 election Kim was placed as the number 5 on Unified Progressive Party's proportional representation list. In less than a half year later, Kim joined other well known progressive figures of her party such as Sim Sang-jung and Roh Hoe-chan in leaving their party and founding a new party, now-Justice Party.[7] She joined her new party's leadership as its floor spokesperson from 2013 to 2015 and senior deputy floor leader from 2015 to 2016.[6] In 2016 election, Kim withdrew her nomination and endorsed Kang Byungwon (Korean: 강병원) from Democratic Party after their agreed poll found Kang more likely to defeat Lee Jae-oh, a senior conservative parliamentarian.[8][1]

Kim holds a bachelor's degree in history from Duksung Women's University.[1]

  1. ^ a b c [프로필]김제남 시민사회수석…환경운동가 출신 前 정의당 의원.
  2. ^ 이, 치동 (2020-01-20). "(LEAD) Moon picks Cho Kuk's ex-assistant as new presidential secretary". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  3. ^ "文, '소통·시민사회·경제' 교체 왜?…이광철·이진석은 또 유임". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  4. ^ "[秘錄환경운동25년]배달과 녹색의 '결혼 전 동거'". Weekly Kyunghyang (in Korean). 2006-10-31. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  5. ^ 인터뷰 - 김제남 녹색연합 신임 사무처장 - 월간참여사회. 참여연대 (in Korean). 2002-03-01. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  6. ^ a b 김제남 :: 네이버 인물검색. people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  7. ^ 진보정의당 창당대회, 노회찬 공동대표…심상정 대선후보 선출. NewsPim (in Korean). 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  8. ^ [총선 D-7]서울 은평을, 김제남·강병원 단일화 타결. Edaily [ko] (in Korean). 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2020-08-11.