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Chung Jin-suk | |
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정진석 | |
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| Chief of Staff to the President | |
| Assumed office 22 April 2024 | |
| President | Yoon Suk-yeol |
| Preceded by | Lee Kwan-sub |
| Leader of People Power Party | |
| In office 8 September 2022 – 8 March 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Joo Ho-young (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Kim Gi-hyeon |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly | |
| In office 31 August 2021 – 10 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Ju-young Joo Seung-yong |
| Succeeded by | Chung Woo-taik |
| President of the Saenuri Party | |
Interim | |
| In office 11 May 2016 – 1 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Won Yoo-chul (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Kim Hee-ok (acting) |
| Secretary-General of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1 January 2013 – 28 February 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Yoon Won-joong |
| Succeeded by | Park Heong-joon |
| Senior Secretary to the President for Political Affairs | |
| In office 16 July 2010 – 10 June 2011 | |
| President | Lee Myung-bak |
| Preceded by | Park Heong-joon |
| Succeeded by | Kim Hyo-jae |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 30 May 2016 – 22 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Park Soo-hyun (Gongju) Lee Wan-koo (Buyeo-Cheongyang) |
| Succeeded by | Park Soo-hyun |
| Constituency | Gongju-Buyeo-Cheongyang |
| In office 30 May 2008 – 16 July 2010 | |
| Constituency | Proportional |
| In office 1 May 2005 – 29 May 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Oh Si-deok |
| Succeeded by | Shim Dae-pyung |
| Constituency | Gongju-Yeongi |
| In office 30 May 2000 – 29 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Chung Suk-mo (Gongju) Kim Goh-sung (Yeongi) |
| Succeeded by | Oh Si-deok |
| Constituency | Gongju-Yeongi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 September 1960 Gongju, South Chungcheong |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Political party | People Power |
| Other political affiliations | ALDE (1999-2005) PFP (2006-2007) GNP (2008-2010; 2010-2012) Saenuri (2012-2013; 2014-2017) LKP (2017-2020) UFP (2020) |
| Spouse | Lee Mi-ho |
| Children | Chung Ga-young Chung Won-young |
| Parent(s) | Chung Suk-mo (father) Yoon Seok-nam (mother) |
| Alma mater | Korea University |
| Occupation | Activist, journalist, politician |
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Chung Jin-suk (Korean: 정진석, born 4 September 1960) is a South Korean journalist, activist, and politician who briefly served as the interim President of the Saenuri Party (now the People Power Party) from 11 May 2016 to 1 June 2016. He has been the Member of the National Assembly for Gongju-Buyeo-Cheongyang since 2016 and was previously MP for Gongju-Yeongi from 2000 to 2004, and again from 2005 to 2008. He was the Senior Secretary to the President for Political Affairs in the Lee Myung-bak government from 2010 to 2011.
Chung was born in Gongju and attended Sungdong High School, before going on to Korea University to study political science and diplomacy. He joined the now-defunct Alliance of Liberal Democrats (ALDE) in 1999, and before entering parliament worked as the party spokesperson. Chung was elected to the National Assembly at the 2000 election, winning the Gongju-Yeongi constituency in South Chungcheong. He moved to the People First Party (PFP) in 2006, where he served as its parliamentary leader and a vice president. He then subsequently joined the Grand National Party (GNP).
After the GNP's victory in the 2008 election, he was appointed President of the Intelligence Committee; he was also made Senior Secretary to the President for Political Affairs. In the 2012 election, he moved to Seoul Central but lost to Chyung Ho-joon, a son of Chyung Dai-chul. After the electoral lost, he was made Chief Secretary to the Speaker of the National Assembly, and then Secretary-General of the National Assembly.
Following Saenuri's defeat in the 2016 election, Chung stood against Na Kyung-won in the ensuring parliamentary leadership election. Although the election was widely expected as neck and neck, Chung defeated Na by obtaining additional supports from 23 MPs. He was also made interim party president; the position was vacant since the resignation of Kim Moo-sung. Chung, however, stepped down amid the impeachment of the then President Park Geun-hye in December 2016. After his re-election as an MP in the 2020 election, he was a potential Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly by the United Future Party, but he refused the bid. He accepted the bid in 2021 and was elected on 31 August 2021.