Kim Bo-ra (politician)

For other people with the same name, see Kim Bora (disambiguation).
Kim Bo-ra
김보라
Mayor of Anseong City
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 April 2020
Preceded byWoo Seok-jae
Member of Gyeonggi Assembly
In office
1 July 2014 – 30 June 2018
Constituencyproportional representation
Personal details
Born (1969-09-08) 8 September 1969 (age 55)
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materYonsei University
Pyeongtaek University
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Bo-ra (Korean: 김보라; Hanja: 金補羅; born 8 September 1969) is a South Korean politician serving as mayor of Anseong in Gyeonggi Province having taken office in April 2020. She is the city's first ever female mayor.[1]

Before entering politics in 2014, Kim led various non-governmental organisations on social enterprise, medical cooperatives and local social welfare.[2]

In the 2014 election, Kim was placed as number 3 of the proportional list of her party for Gyeonggi Provincial legislature. Since then, she took numerous roles in Gyeonggi Assembly, Gyeonggi branch of her party and her party at Gyeonggi Assembly.[2] She also took multiple roles in her party - vice chair of its Social economy Committee, Special Committee on Fine Dust and Women's Committee as well as director of Social Economy centre of party thinktank.[3]

Before running for mayor, Kim was the deputy spokesperson of her party.[4]

In the 2020 by-election Kim ran for Mayor of Anseong City - the post vacated by Woo Seok-jae (Korean: 우석제) from her party who was removed from the office after the Supreme Court found Woo guilty of breaking the election law.[5][6]

Kim was previously an adjunct professor of nursing at Sangmyung University from 2013 to 2014 and Soonchunhyang University from 2005 to 2007 as well as a visiting professor at Hanshin University from 2017 to 2018.[2]

Kim holds two degrees - a bachelor in nursing from Yonsei University and a master's in social welfare from Pyeongtaek University.[6]

  1. ^ 김보라 안성 첫 여성시장, 19일 물속에 `풍덩`…무슨일이?. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. ^ a b c [안성시장] 출마자 김보라 약력. gg.tgnews.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  3. ^ 김보라 :: 네이버 인물검색. people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  4. ^ 최, 해민 (2020-04-16). 안성시장 재선거 민주당 김보라 당선…첫 여성 시장. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  5. ^ 임, 순현 (2019-09-10). "'40억 빚 신고누락' 우석제 안성시장 벌금형 확정…시장직 상실". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  6. ^ a b 강, 기성 (2019-12-02). 김보라 전 경기도의원, 안성시장 재선거 출마. Aju Business Daily. Retrieved 2020-08-27.