Hong Moon-jong | |
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홍문종 | |
President of the New Pro-Park Party | |
Assumed office 25 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
President of the Our Republican Party | |
In office 24 June 2019 Serving with Cho Won-jin as President of Korean Patriots' Party: 17 June 2019 - 24 June 2019 – 10 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Cho Won-jin |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020 | |
Preceded by | Kang Sung-jong |
Succeeded by | Kim Min-chul |
Constituency | Uijeongbu 2nd |
In office 25 April 2003 – 13 July 2004 | |
Preceded by | Moon Hee-sang |
Succeeded by |
Moon Hee-sang (1st) Kang Sung-jong (2nd) |
Constituency | Uijeongbu |
In office 30 May 1996 – 29 May 2000 | |
Preceded by | Moon Hee-sang |
Succeeded by | Moon Hee-sang |
Personal details | |
Born | Yangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea | 26 May 1955
Citizenship | South Korean |
Political party | Pro-Park New Party |
Other political affiliations |
Democratic Liberal Party (1995) New Korea Party (1995-1997) National Party - New (1997-1998) National Congress for New Politics (1998-2000) Grand National Party (2002-2006) Saenuri Party (2012-2017) Liberty Korea Party (2017-2019) Korean Patriots' Party (2019) Our Republican Party (2019-2020) |
Spouse | Lee So-young |
Parent | Hong Woo-jun |
Relatives | See Namyang Hong clan |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Politician |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 홍문종 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hong Mun-jong |
McCune–Reischauer | Hong Mun-chong |
Hong Moon-jong ( Korean: 홍문종; born 26 May 1955) is a South Korean politician who served as the Member of the National Assembly for Uijeongbu 2nd constituency. [1] [2] He also served as the Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party. [2] [3] He is the son of the late former politician Hong Woo-jun.
Born at Yangju, Hong studied at Harvard University. [2] He started his political career when he entered to the Democratic Liberal Party (then New Korea Party aka NKP) in 1995. [3] During the general election in 1996, [3] he defeated Moon Hee-sang from the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP). In 1997, he left the NKP and joined the National Party - New (NPN) in order to endorse Lee In-je as the upcoming President. Hong stood as a nonpartisan candidate in 2000 [3] despite his loss. He temporarily came back as an MP after the by-election in 2003, till he lost just after a year.
After involving several controversies, [3] Hong officially came back as MP in 2012. [3] He was then re-elected in 2016. As one of the politicians supporting ex-President Park Geun-hye, [2] [4] he endorsed her as President in 2007. [3] He unsuccessfully ran as the parliamentary leader of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) in 2017. [4]
In 2019, Hong announced to leave the LKP. [5] [6] A minor political party named the Korean Patriots' Party elected Hong as the party president along with incumbent Cho Won-jin, [5] [6] and the party officially changed their name as the Our Republican Party (ORP).
On 10 February 2020, Hong was sacked from the ORP after long-time conflicts with Cho. [7] He then formed the new party named Pro-Park New Party. [8]