Seo Jung-hyup

Seo Jung-hyup
서정협
Acting Mayor of Seoul
In office
10 July 2020 – 7 April 2021
Preceded byPark Won-soon
Succeeded byOh Se-hoon
Deputy Mayor for Administration of Seoul
In office
17 January 2020 – 22 April 2021
Serving with Kim Hak-jin
Preceded byKang Tae-woong
Succeeded byCho In-dong
Personal details
Born (1965-01-03) 3 January 1965 (age 59)
Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korea
Political partyIndependent
Alma materSeoul National University (B.Econ 1987, MPA 1991)
Korea National Open University (BA Eng. and B. Litt 2007)
Harvard University (MPA 2000)
University of Seoul (PhD without dissertation 2011)
OccupationEducator, public administrator, politician
Korean name
Hangul
서정협
Hanja
徐正協
Revised RomanizationSeo Jeonghyeop
McCune–ReischauerSeo Chŏnghyŏp

Seo Jung-hyup (Korean서정협, born 3 January 1965) is a South Korean educator and politician served as the acting mayor of Seoul since 10 July 2020 to 8 April 2021, and has been Deputy Mayor for Administration of Seoul since 2020. Prior to becoming Deputy Mayor, Seo served as the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's cultural department.[1] He has been the acting mayor of Seoul following the death of Mayor Park Won-soon.[2]

  1. ^ Lee, Suh-yoon (2019-01-02). "Seoul 'future heritage' list adds 14 new sites, books". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  2. ^ '박원순 실종'에 서정협 행정1부시장이 직무대리. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.