Kim Soo-young (politician)

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Kim Soo-young
김수영
Mayor of Yangcheon District
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Preceded byChoo Jae-yup
Personal details
Born (1964-12-05) 5 December 1964 (age 59)
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materEwha Womans University
Sogang University
Soongsil University
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Soo-young (Korean: 김수영; Hanja: 金水英; born 5 December 1964) is a South Korean politician who served as Mayor of Yangcheon District in Seoul and its first woman mayor from July 2014 to June of 2022.[1]

From 2006 to 2008, she worked as the first head of Siheung's women's job center run by Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

From 2012 to 2014 Kim was the adjunct professor of social welfare at Soongsil University.[2][3]

  1. ^ "양천구 '첫 여성'·강서구 '첫 연임' 구청장 탄생". danmee.chosun.com (in Korean). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. ^ "[당선인 프로필]김수영 양천구청장". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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