Kim Hui-chul
김희철
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2008 – 29 May 2012
Preceded byLee Hae-chan
Succeeded byLee Sang-kyu
ConstituencyGwanak 2nd
Mayor of Gwanak District
In office
1 July 1998 – 30 June 2006
Preceded byChin Jin-hyung
Succeeded byKim Hyo-kyum
Personal details
Born (1947-12-15) 15 December 1947
Gochang, North Jeolla, Korea under the United States
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyDemocracy and Peace
Other political
affiliations		Peace Democratic Party (1987-1991)
New Democratic Unionist Party (1991)
Democratic Party (1991-1995)
National Congress for New Politics (1995-2000)
Millennium Democratic Party (2000-2005)
Democratic Party (2005-2008)
United Democratic Party (2008)
Democratic Party (2008-2011)
Democratic Unionist Party (2011-2013)
Democratic Party (2013-2014)
New Politics Alliance for Democracy (2014-2015)
People's Party (2016-2018)
Alma materKonkuk University
OccupationPolitician

Kim Hui-chul (Korean: 김희철, born 15 December 1947) is a South Korean politician. He was the former Mayor of Gwanak District (1998-2006), as well as the Member of National Assembly for Gwanak 2nd constituency (2008-2012).

Career

Born in Gochang, Kim attended to Gochang High School in 1966. He earned a bachelor's degree in political diplomacy, as well as a master's degree and a doctorate in public administration from Konkuk University.

He joined the Peace Democratic Party in 1987,[1] and worked as an aide for MP Han Kwang-ok. In 1998, he was elected as the Mayor of Gwanak, and won again in 2002. He lost to Kim Hyo-kyum in 2006.[2]

Prior to the 2008 election, Kim was selected as the United Democratic Party's candidate for Gwanak 2nd constituency,[3] after the incumbent Lee Hae-chan did not seek re-election.[4] He defeated Kim Cheol-soo of the ruling Grand National Party.[5]

Kim announced his bid for re-election in 2012, and was selected as the candidate of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). However, DUP agreed to put unity candidates with the Unified Progressive Party (UPP) in some constituencies, including Gwanak 2nd.[6] In the opposition preselection, he lost to the UPP's co-President Lee Jung-hee.[7] Shortly after, he left DUP and declared to run as an independent candidate,[8] citing that the preselection was rigged.[9] Lee Jung-hee was forced to withdraw,[10] making Lee Sang-kyu to replace her.[11] In the end, Kim received 28.47%, came behind to Lee Sang-kyu (UPP) and Oh Shin-hwan (Saenuri).[12]

The UPP was banned by the court order on 19 December 2014, in which the elections of its all MPs were nullified.[13] Kim contested NPAD preselection, but lost to Chung Tae-ho.[14] He then left NPAD along with the party's dissidents[15] and formed the People's Party (PP). He also lost to Lee Haeng-ja in the PP preselection prior to the 2016 election.[16]

Kim quitted PP in February 2018, and joined Party for Democracy and Peace. He tried to come back as the Mayor of Gwanak in the year but ended up with 6.16%, far behind of Park Joon-hui (DPK).[17]

Election results

General elections

YearConstituencyPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
2008Gwanak 2ndUDP43,235 (46.50%)Won
2012Gwanak 2ndDUP32,127 (28.47%)Defeated

Local elections

Mayor of Gwanak District

YearPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
1998NCNP102,629 (56.54%)Won
2002MDP95,897 (53.13%)Won
2006DP69,552 (33.41%)Defeated
2018PDP16,031 (6.16%)Defeated

References

  1. ↑ "'관악을 키맨' 김희철 전 의원". 16 April 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "[광역ㆍ기초단체장 당선자] (기초단체장) 서울". 1 June 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "<총선 현장>관악을...민주 20년 '텃밭사수' 가능할까?". 24 March 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "이해찬, 총선 불출마". 3 February 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "<개표 완료>서울 관악을-통합민주당 김희철 당선". 10 April 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "[전문] 민주통합당-통합진보당 야권연대 합의문". 10 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "이정희, 김희철에 승리…심상정·노회찬·천호선도 경선 통과". 19 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "민주통합당 김희철 탈당, 무소속 출마 선언". 20 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "김희철, 민주통합당 경선 조작 주장과 무소속 출마 선언". 20 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "이정희, 관악을 후보 사퇴…오늘 오후 기자회견". 23 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "이정희 대신 이상규… 관악을 다시 3자구도로". 23 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "[4·11총선 개표완료]서울 관악을-통합진보 이상규 당선". 12 April 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "이석기 등 통진당 5명 의원직 상실 선고 이유는". 19 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  14. ↑ "새정치연합 관악 보선 후보에 정태호". 14 March 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  15. ↑ "김희철 전 의원 "더불어민주당 탈당하고 안철수에 간다"". 28 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  16. ↑ "국민의당 이행자 서울 관악을 경선 압승 "승리로 보답"". 24 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  17. ↑ "박준희 후보 압도적인 표차로 관악구청장 당선". 18 June 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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