Kim Jin-pyo (politician)

The Right Honourable
Kim Jin-pyo
MP
김진표
Kim in 2022
Speaker of the National Assembly
Assumed office
4 July 2022
DeputyKim Young-joo
Chung Jin-suk
Chung Woo-taik
Preceded byPark Byeong-seug
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2016
Preceded byNew constituency
ConstituencyGyeonggi Suwon E
In office
30 May 2004 – 15 May 2014
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byPark Kwang-on
ConstituencyGyeonggi Suwon Yeongtong-gu
Floor leader of Democratic Party and its succeeding party
In office
29 May 2011 – 4 May 2012
Preceded byPark Jie-won
Succeeded byPark Jie-won
Minister of Education and Human Resources Development
ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
28 January 2005 – 20 July 2006
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Prime MinisterLee Hae-chan
Han Duck-soo(acting)
Han Myeong-sook
Preceded byKim Young-shik (acting)
Succeeded byKim Byong-joon
Minister of Finance and Economy
ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
27 March 2003 – 10 February 2004
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Prime MinisterGoh Kun
Preceded byJeon Yoon-chul
Succeeded byLee Hun-jai
Minister for Government Policy Coordination
In office
11 July 2002 – 26 February 2003
PresidentKim Dae-jung
Prime MinisterJeon Yoon-chul
Kim Suk-soo
Preceded byKim Ho-shik
Succeeded byLee Young-tak
Personal details
Born (1947-05-04) 4 May 1947 (age 76)
Yeonbaek County, Soviet Civil Administration in Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Political partyIndependent[a]
Alma materSeoul National University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Kim Jin-pyo (Korean: 김진표; Hanja: 金振杓; born 4 May 1947) is a South Korean politician who previously served as a government minister under two liberal Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun and has represented Suwon at the National Assembly since 2004. He has dedicated his career in public service as a public servant for 30 years[1] and then as government minister and a parliamentarian. He belongs to the more conservative wing of the liberal Democratic Party.[2][3][4]

Pre-Minister career

After passing the state exam in 1974, he began his career as a public servant at one of regional offices of National Tax Service.[3] Apart from working for Deputy Prime Minister Rha Woong-bae as his chief of staff for five months in 1996, he continued working on tax. He was part of a small task-force to prepare "real-name financial system" and one of nine people apart from then-President Kim Young-sam who knew about this before it was announced by the president.[5]

Under President Kim Dae-jung, he led the Tax and Customs Office of the Ministry of Finance and Economy from 1991 and oversaw the implementation of newly-created "real-name real estate system."[6] From 2001 he led the Ministry as its Vice-Minister. From January 2002, he worked on building country-wide High-speed Internet[7] as Senior Presidential Secretary for Policy Planning (Korean: 대통령정책기획수석) and later appointed as Minister for Government Policy Coordination.[3]

In 2002 then-President-elect Roh Moo-hyun appointed him as vice chair of his transition team[3] praising him as "the most capable public servant I have ever met."[8]

Member of State Council and National Assembly

Kim later became Roh's first Minister of Finance and Economy and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister in 2003. In 2004 he resigned for the 2004 general election upon Roh's recommendation.[9] After successfully securing his seat at the parliament, he was brought back to Roh's cabinet as his Minister of Education and Human Resources Development and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister.[10]

In 2007 he became the chair of Policy Planning Committee of his party, Uri Party, and its succeeding party, United New Democratic Party. From 2008 to 2010 he served as a member of his party's Supreme Council.

In 2010 he ran for his party's candidate for Gyeonggi Provincial Governor but dropped out after endorsing Rhyu Si-min from other liberal party.[3]

In 2011 he was elected as the floor leader of this party which he continued to serve in succeeding party till 2012.

In the 2014 election, he resigned from the post of three-term parliamentarian to run as his party's candidate for Gyeonggi Governor but lost to Nam Kyung-pil from opposition party.

In 2015 he became a member of advisory committee to then-party leader Moon Jae-in. He organised the "policy exposition" of his party - the first of its kind in South Korean history.[11]

In 2017 Kim joined Moon Jae-in's second presidential campaign in 2017 as the chair of its jobs committee.[3]

Upon the beginning of Moon Jae-in's presidency, Kim was appointed as the chair of State Affairs Planning Advisory Committee (Korean: 국정기획자문위원회), Moon's de facto transition team, as Moon began his presidency without having one. The Committee produced detailed blueprint of Moon's 5-year administration with 100 policy tasks based on Moon's campaign promises.[12][13]

Kim Jin-pyo was elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly to be occupied by the Democratic Party of Korea.[14]

Early life and education

Kim was born in Yeonbaek County, now North Korean territory.[15] During the Third Battle of Seoul he and his father moved south and settled in now-Suwon.[9] He was admitted to Kyungbock High School as top of his class.

He holds two degrees - LLB from Seoul National University where he completed his postgraduate programme on public policy and Master of Public Affairs from University of Wisconsin–Madison.[16][17]

Political positions

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He belongs to the most conservative faction of Democratic Party of Korea.[18] However, he was elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly with the support of the majority of DPK members.[14] As the speaker of the National Assembly, he was criticized by various members of the party for putting the brakes on various policies promoted by the party without agreement with the party.[19] He was rated more conservative than the center-right Bareun Party in a South Korean media survey.[20]

He supports economic liberalism including real estate deregulation.[21] He argued against the government's position that the sale price was disclosed in order to prevent the skyrocketing house price in the past, and argued that the disclosure of the sale price was socialism.[22][23]

He also takes a socially conservative stance. He introduced the 'homosexuality healing movement' as one of the solutions to the low birth rate.[24] He has strong opposition to homosexuality and same-sex marriage. In the past, he made remarks such as, "The religious world should promote childbirth, oppose abortion, and campaign against homosexuality and same-sex marriage in accordance with God's spirit of creation."[25] Because of this position, some organizations have received claims that they "condemn hate against LGBTI people."[26]

He has a very close relationship with the church and opposes taxing religious people. He said at a religious event in the past, "I think that only through theocracy can we regain the trust of the people and play the role of check and balance as an opposition party."[27] It was pointed out that this remark violated the separation of church and state.[28]

He influenced the withdrawal of the operating room CCTV installation, which is considered one of the reform legislation.[29] He claimed to be in favor, but suddenly took a stance against it.[30] Regarding this, it was criticized by several members of the party as "a breach of trust that betrays the will of sovereignty." According to an opinion poll, about 80% of Koreans supported the installation of CCTV in operating rooms.[31]

Electoral history

Election Year Post Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
17th General Election 2004 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon Yeongtong-gu Uri Party 49,155 48.34% Won
18th General Election 2008 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon Yeongtong-gu Democratic Party (2008) 40,781 49.83% Won
19th General Election 2012 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon Yeongtong-gu Democratic United Party 68,274 61.02% Won
6th Local Election 2014 Gyeonggi Provincial Governor New Politics Alliance for Democracy 2,481,824 49.56% Lost
20th General Election 2016 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon E Democratic Party of Korea 62,408 51.48% Won
21st General Election 2020 Member of National Assembly from Gyeonggi Suwon E Democratic Party of Korea 82,002 55.2% Won

Awards

See also

Notes

  1. ^ He is practically a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, but under South Korean law, the Speaker of the National Assembly cannot have party affiliation.

References

  1. ^ "30년 관료 김진표 '票퓰리즘' 정신 못차렸나?". 뉴데일리. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. ^ "靑, 김진표 총리 유력 검토하다 기류 선회…"보수성향·고령 등"". Newsis (in Korean). 4 December 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f 고, 상민 (16 May 2017). "김진표 국정기획자문위원장…경제·교육부총리 지낸 4선". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. ^ 최, 명규. "'보수파' 김진표는 경기지사 선거 이길 수 있을까". 민중의소리. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ^ "[횡설수설/하태원]김진표의 '생존 정치'". The Dong-a Ilbo. 10 March 2012.
  6. ^ "김진표 "금융실명제, 부동산실명제 내가 했다"". No Cut News. 16 May 2014.
  7. ^ "[인터뷰] 김진표 더불어민주당 수원무 후보". ghottimenews.com (in Korean). Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  8. ^ "[盧정부 2·27 組閣]새 각료 프로필". The Dong-a Ilbo. 27 February 2003.
  9. ^ a b "[지방선거 D-9] 김진표 후보는 누구". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Roh enlists Kim Jin-pyo to lead education reform". Korea JoongAng Daily. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  11. ^ "[인터뷰] 김진표 의원(새정치민주연합 정책 엑스포 조직위원장) "최초의 정책 엑스포, 정책을 만드는 축제의 마당으로 만들어 나갈 것" ②". KBS News (in Korean). Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Moon's 5-year roadmap will be unveiled in July". The Korea Times. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  13. ^ 변, 덕근 (19 July 2017). "Transition team proposes 100 policy tasks for new administration". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  14. ^ a b "21대 후반기 국회의장에 5선 김진표 선출". 4 July 2022.
  15. ^ "NO.1 경제포털 :: 매일경제 - 매경 Golf". channel.mk.co.kr. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  16. ^ "◆경기 수원무 - 더불어민주당 김진표". raythep.mk.co.kr/ (in Korean). 28 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  17. ^ "조세일보". m.joseilbo.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Former finance minister Kim Jin-pyo nominated to be speaker". Korea JoongAng Daily. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023. "Kim is believed to be part of the DP's more conservative faction."
  19. ^ "박홍근, 김진표 의장 비판..."본회의 일정 파기는 월권"". 2 December 2022.
  20. ^ "¹ý¾È Ç¥°á·Î º» ±¹È¸ÀÇ¿ø 300¸í À̳伺Çâ - ·¹ÀÌ´õP". m.raythep.com/.
  21. ^ "'규제완화론자' 김진표, 여당 부동산특위 위원장 맡는다". 6 May 2021.
  22. ^ "'송영길 체제' 민주당, 김진표 부동산특위 위원장 내정…규제 완화 가속도". 8 May 2021.
  23. ^ "김진표 "분양원가 공개는 사회주의"".
  24. ^ "김진표 의장의 낡은 혐오". December 2022.
  25. ^ ""김진표, 소수자 차별·혐오 앞장서와"…총리 임명 반대 목소리 확산". 4 December 2019.
  26. ^ "버릇 못 고친 김진표 국회의장의 성소수자 혐오발언 강력하게 규탄한다 - 참여연대 - 국내연대". 30 November 2022.
  27. ^ <https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_201912080511103807
  28. ^ "종교시민단체들 "김진표, 특정정파 치우쳐 정교분리 뒤흔들어"".
  29. ^ "수술실Cctv 설치 등 '8월 국회' 주요법안 어디까지 왔나?". 22 August 2021.
  30. ^ "[단독] '수술실 CCTV'법 폐기…갑자기 마음 바꾼 5명". 16 May 2019.
  31. ^ "수술실 CCTV, 국민 80%는 달아달라는데 의료계의 저항 통할까". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  32. ^ "Türkmenistanyň zähmet we ilaty durmuş taýdan goramak ministirligi". mlsp.gov.tm. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

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