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Kim Sung-tae

Kim Sung-tae

South Korean politician (born 1958)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Sung-tae (Korean: 김성태; Hanja: 金聖泰; born May 23, 1958) is a South Korean politician who was a labor activist.

Quick Facts Chairman of the Liberty Korea Party Acting, Preceded by ...

Early life and career

Kim Sung-tae was born on 9 July 1958 in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province. He worked as a labor activist in the Federation of Korean Trade Unions as a young man.

Political career

He was elected in the 1998 local elections and served as the Seoul Metropolitan Council member of the National Congress for New Politics. Later, he moved to the Millennium Democratic Party and the Uri Party, and joined the conservative Grand National Party for the first time in 2008. Then, he ran for the 2008 legislative election and won.

After the 2016 South Korean political scandal, he defected from the Saenuri Party in December 2016 and joined the Bareun Party,[1] but was reinstated in May 2017, before the presidential election.[2] In November 2017, he was elected floor leader of the Liberty Korea Party. Later, In June 2018, when Hong Jun-pyo resigned his party leadership, he assumed the acting leader.

References

  1. [1]
    "[속보] 새누리당 비박계 "35명 탈당, 27일 결행"". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    "[속보]바른정당 비유승민계 13명 탈당···"친북 좌파세력 집권은 막아야"". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 2 May 2017.
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