Ki Dong-min (Korean: 기동민; Hanja: 奇東旻; born 23 February 1966) is a South Korean politician in the liberal Minjoo Party of Korea, and since the April 2016 parliamentary election member-elect of the National Assembly for Seongbuk, Seoul.
Ki Dong-min | |
|---|---|
기동민 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assuming office 30 May 2016 | |
| Succeeding | Shin Gye-ryoon |
| Constituency | Seongbuk B (Seoul) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1966 Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Political party | Minjoo Party of Korea |
| Alma mater | Sungkyunkwan University |
| Ki Dong-min | |
| Hangul | 기동민 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 奇東旻 |
| Revised Romanization | Gi Dongmin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ki Tongmin |
Born in Jangseong County in South Jeolla, Ki studied journalism at Sungkyunkwan University, and was involved in the South Korean democratization movement as a student.[1] He served as a parliamentary aide and policy advisor in the Ministry of Health and Welfare,[2] before becoming deputy spokesman for the Democratic Party. Mayor Park Won-soon of Seoul appointed Ki his senior secretary for political affairs in 2011, then Vice Mayor for Political Affairs in 2012.[3]
In the 2014 parliamentary by-elections, Ki was controversially nominated by the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, the Minjoo Party's predecessor, for the Dongjak B constituency in preference to his own friend and fellow democracy activist, Heo Dong-joon.[4] Ki's selection provoked a widely publicized dispute between the two men, with Heo holding a week-long sit-in protest at the office of the party chairman in response.[5] Despite being the frontrunner in opinion polling, Ki subsequently withdrew from the election to support Roh Hoe-chan of the Justice Party as a left-wing unity candidate.[6] The by-election, held on July 30, was ultimately won by Na Kyung-won of the conservative Saenuri Party.[7]
As a former aide, Ki is seen as close to Park Won-soon: during his candidature for the 2016 parliamentary elections, he was described as a "Park Won-soon man".[8] His selection in the 2014 by-election was also widely ascribed to Park, though other commentators associated his nomination with then–party co-leader Kim Han-gil.[5]
References
edit- ^ "기동민, 서울 동작을 전략공천" [Ki Dong-min, strategic nomination in Seoul Dongjak B]. OhmyNews (in Korean). 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "서울 성북을 더불어민주당 기동민" [Ki Dong-min, Minjoo Party of Korea, Seoul Seongbuk B]. Focus News (in Korean). 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "서울시 정무부시장에 기동민 정무수석 내정" [Ki Dong-min nominated as Vice Mayor for Political Affairs of Seoul]. Seoul City (in Korean). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "20년 우정, 파국으로 끝난 출마회견" [The press conference that ends a 20-year friendship in catastrophe]. The Huffington Post Korea (in Korean). 8 July 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Seoul's Dongjak B emerges as 'new hub of politics'". The Dong-A Ilbo. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "여론조사서 앞선 기동민, 왜 사퇴했나?" [Why did opinion poll frontrunner Ki Dong-min withdraw?]. The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 24 July 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "'동작을', 왜 노회찬 아닌 나경원을?" ["Dongjak B", why Na Kyung-won, not Roh Hoe-chan?]. The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 11 August 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "'박원순맨' 기동민 출마...세대교체 본격화" ["Park Won-soon man" Ki Dong-min running for office ... Regularization of the generational change]. Pressian (in Korean). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.