Ji Sang-wook | |
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지상욱 | |
President of the New Conservative Party | |
In office 5 January 2020 – 17 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 30 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Constituency | Seoul Jung– Seongdong B |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 16 May 1965
Citizenship | South Korean |
Political party | People Power |
Other political affiliations | New Conservative Party (2020) |
Alma mater |
Yonsei University Stanford University University of Tokyo |
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Ji Sang-wook | |
Hangul | 지상욱 |
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Hanja | 池尙昱 |
Revised Romanization | Ji Sang-uk |
McCune–Reischauer | Chi Sanguk |
Ji Sang-wook ( Korean: 지상욱; Hanja: 池尙昱; born 16 May 1965) is a South Korean academic and politician in the conservative Bareun Party. He is currently a member of the National Assembly for Jung-gu and Seongdong-gu, Seoul, [1] and was previously head of the party's district organization in Jung-gu. [2]
Before joining the Saenuri Party, Ji was formerly a spokesman for the Liberty Forward Party, [2] and ran as that party's candidate for Mayor of Seoul in 2010. [3] He was nominated again for the post in 2011 but withdrew before the election took place. [4]
Prior to his entry into politics, Ji was a professor at Yonsei University's Graduate School of International Studies. He studied civil engineering as an undergraduate at Yonsei before earning a masters at Stanford University and a doctorate from the University of Tokyo. [5] [6] He met LFP chairman Lee Hoi-chang in the United States after Lee's defeat in the 2002 presidential election, [5] and subsequently served as a close aide to him. [4]
Ji is married to the actress Shim Eun-ha, who has supported him in elections. [1]
Ji Sang-wook | |
---|---|
지상욱 | |
President of the New Conservative Party | |
In office 5 January 2020 – 17 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 30 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Constituency | Seoul Jung– Seongdong B |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 16 May 1965
Citizenship | South Korean |
Political party | People Power |
Other political affiliations | New Conservative Party (2020) |
Alma mater |
Yonsei University Stanford University University of Tokyo |
![]() | You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Korean. (March 2017) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Ji Sang-wook | |
Hangul | 지상욱 |
---|---|
Hanja | 池尙昱 |
Revised Romanization | Ji Sang-uk |
McCune–Reischauer | Chi Sanguk |
Ji Sang-wook ( Korean: 지상욱; Hanja: 池尙昱; born 16 May 1965) is a South Korean academic and politician in the conservative Bareun Party. He is currently a member of the National Assembly for Jung-gu and Seongdong-gu, Seoul, [1] and was previously head of the party's district organization in Jung-gu. [2]
Before joining the Saenuri Party, Ji was formerly a spokesman for the Liberty Forward Party, [2] and ran as that party's candidate for Mayor of Seoul in 2010. [3] He was nominated again for the post in 2011 but withdrew before the election took place. [4]
Prior to his entry into politics, Ji was a professor at Yonsei University's Graduate School of International Studies. He studied civil engineering as an undergraduate at Yonsei before earning a masters at Stanford University and a doctorate from the University of Tokyo. [5] [6] He met LFP chairman Lee Hoi-chang in the United States after Lee's defeat in the 2002 presidential election, [5] and subsequently served as a close aide to him. [4]
Ji is married to the actress Shim Eun-ha, who has supported him in elections. [1]