Kim Young-joo (politician)
Kim Young-joo | |
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김영주 | |
Deputy Speaker of theNational Assembly | |
In office 4 July 2022 – 5 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Kim Sang-hee |
Minister of Employment and Labor | |
In office 14 August 2017 – 21 September 2018 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon |
Succeeded by | Lee Jae-gap |
Member of theNational Assembly | |
Assumed office 30 May 2012 | |
Constituency | Yeongdeungpo A(Seoul) |
In office 30 May 2004 – 29 May 2008 | |
Constituency | Proportional representation |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul,South Korea | 27 July 1955
Political party | People Power(2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic(2015–2024) |
Alma mater | Korea National Open University Sogang University |
Kim Young-joo(Korean:김영주;Hanja:Kim vinh châu;born 27 July 1955) is a South Korean politician and former basketball player previously served as PresidentMoon Jae-in's firstMinister of Employment and Laborfrom 2017 to 2018. She is the first woman to lead the Labour Ministry since its foundation in 1981 and its preceding agency in 1948.[1]
She was a basketball player for Seoul Trust Bank (now absorbed intoHana Bank).[1]She then worked at the Bank where she faced gender discrimination which led her to join its trade union. She later joined its leadership board and eventually became the deputy chair of the Korea Financial Industry Union and the first woman to assume this post.[2]
In 1999 she first entered politics when she was recruited byKim Dae-jung.[3]She has consistently took senior roles in her party and its succeeding parties such as its secretary-general and one of elected members of its Supreme Council.[4]
Minister of Employment and Labor (2017 - 2018)[edit]
She was nominated and appointed as PresidentMoon Jae-in's first Minister of Employment and Labor. She was replaced after facing opposition parties and the media's strong critics of the "decrease in weekly working hours and increase in minimum wage" policy, which she was responsible for as labour minister and was one of the main socio-economic campaign promises of Moon, throughout her time as Minister.[5]
Kim completed her tertiary education in her 40s - an undergraduate degree in Korean language and literature fromKorea National Open Universityand a master's degree in economics fromSogang University.
Resignation of the DPK to join the PPP[edit]
She will resign from theDemocratic Party of Korea (DPK)to join thePeople’s Power Party (PPP);on February 19, 2024; a few months before thelegislatives elections in South Korea;bringing the vice-presidency of theNational Assemblyto 2 members of the same party instead of one for each.[6]
Electoral history[edit]
Election | Year | District | Party Affiliation | Votes | Percentage of votes | Results |
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16th National Assembly General Election | 2000 | Proportional representation | Democratic Party (2000) | 6,780,625 | 35.9% | Lost |
17th National Assembly General Election | 2004 | Proportional representation | Uri Party | 8,145,824 | 38.26% | Won |
18th National Assembly General Election | 2008 | SeoulYeongdeungpoA | Democratic Party (2008) | 34,163 | 42.53% | Lost |
19th National Assembly General Election | 2012 | SeoulYeongdeungpoA | Democratic United Party | 52,232 | 52.87% | Won |
20th National Assembly General Election | 2016 | SeoulYeongdeungpoA | Democratic Party | 49,935 | 45.28% | Won |
21st National Assembly General Election | 2020 | SeoulYeongdeungpoA | Democratic Party | 72,445 | 56.2% | Won |
References[edit]
- ^ab"Korea's first cabinet under new president almost complete with Kim Young-joo named as labor minister - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea".pulsenews.co.kr(in Korean).Retrieved2020-04-16.
- ^"Former basketball player, labor minister nominee champions gender equality".The Korea Herald.2017-07-23.Retrieved2020-04-16.
- ^"민주당" 김영주 고용부장관 후보자 내정, 진심으로 환영 "".The Dong-a Ilbo(in Korean). 2017-07-23.Retrieved2020-04-16.
- ^"고용노동부 열린장관실".www.moel.go.kr.Retrieved2020-04-16.
- ^"Top South Korea officials replaced in Moon Jae-in government".UPI.Retrieved2020-04-16.
- ^머니투데이 (2024-02-19)."[속보] dã 김영주" 의정활동 하위 20% 통보...의원으로서 모멸감 "".머니투데이(in Korean).Retrieved2024-03-09.
- Living people
- Korea University alumni
- Korea National Open University alumni
- Sogang University alumni
- Politicians from Seoul
- 1955 births
- Women government ministers of South Korea
- Members of the National Assembly (South Korea)
- Uri Party politicians
- Democratic Party of Korea politicians
- Labor ministers of South Korea
- South Korean trade union leaders
- Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly (South Korea)
- Female members of the National Assembly (South Korea)
- South Korean sportsperson-politicians