Hong Moon-jong

In this Korean name, the family name is Hong.
Hong Moon-jong
홍문종
President of the New Pro-Park Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 February 2020
Preceded byPosition established
President of the Our Republican Party
In office
24 June 2019
Serving with Cho Won-jin
as President of Korean Patriots' Party: 17 June 2019 – 24 June 2019 – 10 February 2020
Preceded byCho Won-jin
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byKang Sung-jong
Succeeded byKim Min-chul
ConstituencyUijeongbu 2nd
In office
25 April 2003 – 13 July 2004
Preceded byMoon Hee-sang
Succeeded byMoon Hee-sang (1st)
Kang Sung-jong (2nd)
ConstituencyUijeongbu
In office
30 May 1996 – 29 May 2000
Preceded byMoon Hee-sang
Succeeded byMoon Hee-sang
Personal details
Born (1955-05-26) 26 May 1955 (age 69)
Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Political partyPro-Park New Party
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Liberal Party (1995)
New Korea Party (1995–1997)
National Party - New (1997–1998)
National Congress for New Politics (1998–2000)
Grand National Party (2002–2006)
Saenuri Party (2012–2017)
Liberty Korea Party (2017–2019)
Korean Patriots' Party (2019)
Our Republican Party (2019–2020)
SpouseLee So-young
ParentHong Woo-jun
RelativesSee Namyang Hong clan
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationPolitician
Korean name
Hangul
홍문종
Hanja
洪文鐘
Revised RomanizationHong Munjong
McCune–ReischauerHong Munchong

Hong Moon-jong (Korean: 홍문종; born 26 May 1955) is a South Korean politician who served as the Member of the National Assembly for Uijeongbu 2nd constituency.[1][2] He also served as the Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party.[2][3] He is the son of the late former politician Hong Woo-jun.

Born at Yangju, Hong studied at Harvard University.[2] He started his political career when he entered to the Democratic Liberal Party (then New Korea Party aka NKP) in 1995.[3] During the general election in 1996,[3] he defeated Moon Hee-sang from the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP). In 1997, he left the NKP and joined the National Party - New (NPN) in order to endorse Lee In-je as the upcoming President. Hong stood as a nonpartisan candidate in 2000[3] despite his loss. He temporarily came back as an MP after the by-election in 2003, till he lost just after a year.

After involving several controversies,[3] Hong officially came back as MP in 2012.[3] He was then re-elected in 2016. As one of the politicians supporting ex-President Park Geun-hye,[2][4] he endorsed her as President in 2007.[3] He unsuccessfully ran as the parliamentary leader of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) in 2017.[4]

In 2019, Hong announced to leave the LKP.[5][6] A minor political party named the Korean Patriots' Party elected Hong as the party president along with incumbent Cho Won-jin,[5][6] and the party officially changed their name as the Our Republican Party (ORP).

On 10 February 2020, Hong was sacked from the ORP after long-time conflicts with Cho.[7] He then formed the new party named Pro-Park New Party.[8]

  1. ^ "Opposition lawmaker to be summoned as bribery suspect". The Korea Herald. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  2. ^ a b c d 전철·도로 등 복합교통망 구축… 반환 공여지 규제완화 박차. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g 친박 홍문종 사무총장 "민주당 나라 팔아먹을 사람들" 막말. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b [주간한국] [김형준 명지대 교수 칼럼] 심판대에 선 여야 정당 국민 지지 받는 길은. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. ^ a b 한국당 공천 물갈이론 술렁, 홍문종 "50명 탈당" 한다는데···. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b 대한애국당, 홍문종 공동대표로 추대..."신공화당 만들 준비". 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  7. ^ 홍문종이 우리공화당에서 제명됐다. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  8. ^ 홍문종, '친박신당' 창당…"국회 폐쇄, 창당 방해 음모". 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.