Yoo Seong-min

The Honourable Yoo Seong-min
유승민
Yoo Seong-min in Gangneung
Member of the National Assembly
In office 27 October 2005 – 29 May 2020
Preceded by	Park Chang-dal
Succeeded by	Kang Dae Sik
Constituency	Dong B (Daegu)
In office 30 May 2004 – 12 October 2005
Constituency	Proportional representation
Leader of the Bareunmirae Party
In office 13 February 2018 – 14 June 2018 Serving with Park Joo-sun
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kim Dong-cheol (Interim)
Leader of the Bareun Party
In office 13 November 2017 – 13 February 2018
Preceded by	Joo Ho-young (Acting)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1958-01-07) 7 January 1958 (age 66) Daegu, South Korea
Citizenship	South Korean
Political party	People Power Party (2020–present)
Other political affiliations	Saenuri (2000–2016; 2016)[1][2] Independent (2016; 2016–2017)[3][4] Bareun (2017-2018) Bareunmirae (2018–2020) New Conservative (2020)
Residence(s)	Yong-Gye Dong, Dong-gu, Daegu, Korea Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Korea Gaepo-Dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
Alma mater	Seoul National University (BA) University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)
Occupation	Politician, economist
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Branch/service	Republic of Korea Army
Years of service	1979–1981
Rank	Byeongjang (Sergeant)
Korean name
Hangul	유승민
Hanja	劉承旼
Revised Romanization	Yu Seungmin
McCune–Reischauer	Yu Sŭngmin
IPA	ju.sɯŋ.min

Yoo Seong-min (Korean: 유승민; born 7 January 1958), also known as Yoo Seung-min, is a South Korean economist and politician. Yoo is former a member of the Korean Parliament and was the Bareun Party's presidential nominee in the 2017 South Korean presidential election. He is the son of late Daegu court chief, attorney and Member of Parliament, Yoo Soo-ho for Junggu of Daegu.