Kim Young-hwan

Kim Young-hwan
김영환
Governor of North Chungcheong
Assumed office
1 July 2022
Preceded byLee Si-jong
Secretary-General of the People's Party
In office
10 May 2016 – 10 November 2016
PresidentAhn Cheol-soo
Preceded byPark Sun-sook
Succeeded byYu Sung-yup
Member of the National Assembly
In office
29 October 2009 – 29 May 2016
Preceded byHong Jang-pyo
Succeeded byKim Cheol-min
ConstituencyAnsan Sangnok 2nd
In office
30 May 1996 – 29 May 2004
Preceded byChang Kyung-woo (as Ansan-Ongjin)
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyAnsan 1st
Minister of Science and Technology
In office
26 March 2001 – 28 January 2002
PresidentKim Dae-jung
Preceded bySeo Jung-wook
Succeeded byChae Young-bok
Personal details
Born (1955-05-27) 27 May 1955 (age 69)
Goesan, North Chungcheong, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyPeople Power
Other political
affiliations
NCNP (1995–2000)
MDP (2000–2008)
DP (2008–2011)
DUP (2011–2013)
DP (2013–2014)
NPAD (2014–2015)
DP (2015–2016)
PP (2016–2018)
Bareunmirae (2018–2020)
UFP (2020)
SpouseChun Eun-joo
Children1 son and 2 daughters
RelativesYang Hyun-suk (relative)
Alma materYonsei University
OccupationActivist, writer, dentist politician

Kim Young-hwan (Korean김영환, born 27 May 1955) is a South Korean activist, writer, dentist, and politician who served as the Minister of Science and Technology from 2001 to 2002 under President Kim Dae-jung.

He was also a long-term member of the National Assembly in Ansan from 1996 to 2004 and 2009 to 2016. He stood for the Gyeonggi governorship in 2018 but lost.