Park Jung-hyun
박정현
Mayor of Daedeok District
Assumed office
1 July 2018
Preceded byPark Soo-beom
Member of Daejeon Metropolitan Council
In office
1 July 2014 – 12 March 2018
ConstituencySeo District 4th district
In office
1 July 2010 – 30 June 2014
Constituencyproportional representation
Personal details
Born (1964-11-04) 4 November 1964
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materChungnam National University

Park Jung-hyun (Korean: 박정현; Hanja: 朴貞炫; 4 November 1964) is a South Korean politician serving as Mayor of Daedeok District of Daejeon and Daejeon's first woman district mayor from July 2018.[1]

Before entering politics in 2010, Park had worked at environmental organisations most notably as Green Korea United's deputy secretary general from 2008 after Kim Je-nam and its Daejeon-Chungnam branch's secretary general from 1997.[2]

In the 2010 election, Park was placed as the top of the proportional list of her party. In 2011 she resigned from vice-chair of Industry and Construction Committee of Daejeon Metropolitan Council over issuing Municipal bond to fund the construction of accommodation for Daejeon Hana Citizen, a football club owned by the City.[3]

In the 2014 election, Park was re-elected. Since then, she took multiple roles in her party such as vice chair of its Women's Committee, vice chair of its Special Committee on Fine Dust and co-spokesperson of Moon Jae-in's second presidential campaign in Daejeon.[4]

In the 2018 election, Park defeated the incumbent Daedeok Mayor from opposition party becoming the first woman mayor of any of 5 districts in Daejeon.[1] She is also the first mayor of Daedeok not from now-United Future Party or its preceding parties in 12 years.[4]

Park holds LLB from Chungnam National University.

Electoral history

Election Year Post Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
5th Local Election 2010 Member of Daejeon Metropolitan Council (proportional representation) Democratic Party (2008) 174,876 29.83% Won
6th Local Election 2014 Member of Daejeon Metropolitan Council from Seo District's 4th district New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) 18,583 49.38% Won
7th Local Election 2018 Mayor of Daedeok District Democratic Party 50,263 57.9% Won

References

  1. 1 2 한종구 (14 June 2018). "[6·13 선거] 대전 첫 여성 구청장 탄생…박정현 당선 확실". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "박정현 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "박정현 시의원, 집행기관 맞서 부위원장직 사퇴". 충청뉴스 (in Korean). 29 November 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 "박정현 대덕구청장 당선자, "대전 첫 여성구청장으로 구민의 기대에 부응하겠다"". 밥상뉴스 (in Korean). 22 June 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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