Yoo Seong-min

Yoo Seong-min
유승민
Yoo Seong-min in Gangneung
Member of the National Assembly
In office
27 October 2005 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byPark Chang-dal
Succeeded byKang Dae Sik
ConstituencyDong B (Daegu)
In office
30 May 2004 – 12 October 2005
ConstituencyProportional representation
Leader of the Bareunmirae Party
In office
13 February 2018 – 14 June 2018
Serving with Park Joo-sun
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKim Dong-cheol (Interim)
Leader of the Bareun Party
In office
13 November 2017 – 13 February 2018
Preceded byJoo Ho-young (Acting)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1958-01-07) 7 January 1958 (age 66)
Daegu, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyPeople Power Party (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
Saenuri (2000–2016; 2016)[1][2]
Independent (2016; 2016–2017)[3][4]
Bareun (2017-2018)
Bareunmirae (2018–2020)
New Conservative (2020)
Residence(s)Yong-Gye Dong, Dong-gu, Daegu, Korea
Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Korea
Gaepo-Dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
Alma materSeoul National University (BA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)
OccupationPolitician, economist
Signature
Military service
Allegiance South Korea
Branch/service Republic of Korea Army
Years of service1979–1981
Rank Byeongjang (Sergeant)
Korean name
Hangul
유승민
Hanja
劉承旼
Revised RomanizationYu Seungmin
McCune–ReischauerYu Sŭngmin
IPAju.sɯŋ.min

Yoo Seong-min (Korean유승민; born 7 January 1958), also known as Yoo Seung-min, is a South Korean economist and politician. Yoo is former a member of the Korean Parliament and was the Bareun Party's presidential nominee in the 2017 South Korean presidential election. He is the son of late Daegu court chief, attorney and Member of Parliament, Yoo Soo-ho for Junggu of Daegu.

  1. ^ "'대통령에 맞선 자', 지인들이 말하는 유승민의 과거". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). July 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "'비박' 유승민 새누리 복당…친박 반발로 또 내홍" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. June 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "[속보] 유승민 탈당 및 무소속 출마 선언". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). March 23, 2016.
  4. ^ "비박계 의원 29명 집단탈당…'개혁보수신당' 창당 선언(종합)" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. December 27, 2016.