Rhyu Si-min 유시민 柳時敏 | |
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| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office April 25, 2003 – May 29, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Kwack Chi-Young (canceled) |
| Succeeded by | Son Beom-gyu |
| Constituency | Deogyang 1st (Goyang) |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| In office February 10, 2006 – May 22, 2007 | |
| President | Roh Moo-hyun |
| Preceded by | Kim Geun-tae |
| Succeeded by | Byun Jae-jin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 28, 1959 Bukbu-dong, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do South Korea |
| Political party | Independent (2018-) Justice Party (South Korea) (2012-2018) Unified Progressive Party (2011-2012) People's Participation Party (2009-2011) Independent (2008-2009) United New Democratic Party (2007-2008) Uri Party (2003-2007) People's Party for Reform (2002-2003) |
| Spouse | Han Gyeong-hye |
| Residence(s) | Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu Seoul metropolitan city South Korea |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University Department of Economics (B.S.) Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Gutenberg School of Management & Economics (M.S.) |
| Profession | Politician |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official website in Korean |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  South Korea |
| Branch/service |  Republic of Korea Army |
| Years of service | 1980-1983 |
| Rank |  Byeongjang |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 유시민 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yu Simin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yu Simin |
Rhyu Si-min (Korean: 유시민; born July 28, 1959) is a South Korean politician who served as the 44th Minister of Health and Welfare from February 2006 to May 2007. Before starting his political career since August 2002, he was a journalist of Dong-a Ilbo and The Hankyoreh, with having his continuous progressive and liberal attitudes. He was in the UNDP as an Assembly member (representative) for Deogyang A district, and is a graduate of Seoul National University with a degree in Economics, and master's from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Economics. He resigned on May 22, 2007. He declared his presidential candidacy on August 18, 2007.[1]
He was selected by the liberal opposition parties to run for governor of Gyeonggi-do province on May 13, 2010 [2] In December 2011, Rhyu merged his People's Participation Party into the Unified Progressive Party, of which he was one of the co-chairs.[3]
He announced his retirement from politics on February 19, 2013.[4][5]
- ^ (Press-release)Rhyu Si-min officially announced his pre-registered candidacy for the 2007 presidential election, Usimin.net, Retrieved on August 21, 2007
- ^ Opposition bloc fields joint candidate for Gyeonggi governor, JoongAng Daily, Retrieved on May 25, 2010
- ^ Progressive parties unified, Yonhap News Agency, archived from the original on 7 July 2012, retrieved 1 February 2012
- ^ The Kyunghyang Shinmun 2013 February 19
- ^ 홍, 지인. "유시민 정계은퇴 선언…"직업으로서의 정치 떠난다"". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-05-31.