Cho Kwang-han
조광한
Mayor of Namyangju
Assumed office
1 July 2018
Preceded byLee Suk-woo
Personal details
Born (1958-02-01) 1 February 1958
Gunsan, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materHUFS

Cho Kwang-han (Korean: 조광한; Hanja: 趙光漢; born 1 February 1958) is a South Korean politician serving as Mayor of Namyangju in Gyeonggi Province from 2018.

Previous political career

He was previously an administrator at President Kim Dae-jung's Blue House. He then worked for Kim's successor Roh Moo-hyun. He was responsible for recruiting Jagalchi Market worker for televised speech in support of then-presidential candidate Roh which hit unusually high 12.4% viewer ratings. For this he was appointed by then-president Roh as his secretary for public relations and later vice spokesperson.[1]

In 2012 general election, he unsuccessfully ran for Seoul's constituency under the slogan "I want to make Ahn Cheol-soo the president"[2] but as an independent candidate to benchmark Ahn's "new politics campaign" as opposed to two-party system.[3]

Mayor of Namyangju

In 2018 election, Cho became the first Democratic politician to become the Mayor of Namyangju, which was taken by main opposition party, PPP, for 16 years,[4] defeating former deputy governor of Gyeonggi Province.[5] He earned the party nomination defeating the former deputy mayor of the city.[6]

In October 2018, Cho launched the task force dedicated to eradicating businesses illegally selling extremely overpriced food and charging for bench usages at illegally installed restaurants around the major lakes in the city.[7] In July 2019 the project was completed allowing citizens to enjoy cleaner lakes freely becoming the first in such project in the country.[8][9] A month later Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung launched similar projects.[9][10]

Education and Academia

Cho holds a bachelor's degree in Chinese language from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.[11] He previously served as a visiting scholar at Georgetown University and an endowed chair professor at Kunjang University College.[12]

Electoral history

Election Year Position Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
19th General Election 2012 Member of National Assembly from Seoul Dongdaemun A Independent 4,039 4.66% Lost
7th local elections 2018 Mayor of Namyangju City Democratic Party 186,730 64.4% Won

References

  1. ↑ 지면보기, 입력 2012 03 30 00:45 수정 2012 03 30 09:53 | 종합 12면 (2012-03-30). "'안철수 대통령' 현수막 걸고선 … 조광한 "안 원장 본 적 없다"". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ 수정: 2012.02.28 11:49, 입력: 2012 02 28 11:45 (2012-02-28). "박근혜는 되고 안철수는 안 돼?". news.khan.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ ""썩은 정당·무능한 정당 필요없다 고향에서 신화 만들겠다"". m.weekly.chosun.com (in Korean). 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  4. ↑ "조광한 남양주시장 당선자 "베드타운 남양주 새롭게 바꾸겠다"". 오마이뉴스 (in Korean). 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  5. ↑ "[경기북도일보] [6.13/ 남양주시장]조광한 VS 예창근 VS 이인희 VS 송영진 후보". 경기북도일보. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  6. ↑ "≪경기북도일보≫ 남양주시 더불어 민주당..조광한, 최현덕 ˝2인 경선˝". 경기북도일보. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  7. ↑ 김도윤 (2020-07-01). "'해변 같은 계곡 백사장' 남양주시 '청학 비치' 개장". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  8. ↑ "[경기북도일보] 남양주시, 하천·계곡 불법구조물 뿌리 뽑는다". 경기북도일보. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  9. 1 2 ""청정계곡 원조는 이재명 지사 아냐" 남양주시장이 외치는 이유". 이데일리 (in Korean). 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  10. ↑ "하천계곡 정비사업은 남양주가 최초 - 경기동부신문". www.kdbnews.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  11. ↑ "조광한 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  12. ↑ "프로필 < 조광한입니다 : 남양주시 열린시장실". www.nyj.go.kr. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
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