Yun Hee-suk
윤희숙
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2020 – 13 September 2021
Preceded byLee Hye-hoon
Succeeded byCho Eun-hee
ConstituencySeocho A
Personal details
Born (1970-02-07) 7 February 1970
Seoul, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyPeople Power
Other political
affiliations		UFP (2020)
Alma materSeoul National University
Columbia University
OccupationEconomist, politician
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
尹喜淑
Revised RomanizationYun Hui-suk
McCune–ReischauerYun Hŭi-suk

Yun Hee-suk (Korean: 윤희숙, born 7 February 1970) is a South Korean economist and politician. She was the Member of the National Assembly for Seocho A constituency from 2020 to 2021.

Education

She holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in economics from Seoul National University.[1][2][3] She had also obtained a doctorate in economics at Columbia University.[1][2][3]

Career

Prior to entering politics, Yun worked as a researcher and a professor at the Korea Development Institute (KDI), specialising labour, finance, income, welfare and middle class issues.[4] Within the KDI, she also served as the Head of Department of Finance and Welfare Policy Research.[4] She was also one of few women promoted from doctor to department head at the KDI.[4] During this period, she harshly criticised the economic policy of the President Moon Jae-in.[1][2][3]

Prior to the 2020 election, Yun was brought into the newly-formed conservative United Future Party (UFP).[1][2][3] She was then selected the UFP candidate for Seocho A constituency,[1][5] replacing the incumbent Lee Hye-hoon who had moved to Dongdaemun 2nd constituency. In the election on 15 April, she received 62.60%, defeating the ruling Democratic candidate Lee Jung-keun.[1][3]

On 30 July, she delivered a speech at the National Assembly Proceeding Hall, known as "I'm a lessee."[6][7] During the speech, she criticised the ruling Democratic Party for the newly-passed 3 Rental Acts.[6][7] This speech was praised by another UFP MPs i.e. Hwangbo Seung-hee and Park Soo-young.[7] On 6 August, Realmeter analysed that the speech helped the UFP to gain more supports.[8]

She was widely considered a potential candidate for the 2021 leadership election.[9]

Political positions

Economy

Yun is economically liberal.[1] She is harshly critical towards the President Moon Jae-in, accusing his economic policy as "populism" since a researcher of the KDI.[1][2][3] This gave her a nickname "Populism Fighter (포퓰리즘 파이터)".[1][2][3][10]

The main policies that she is criticising are minimum wage increase, 52-hour workweek and real estate policies.[5][10] As an example, for the minimum wage, she cited that while Japan had increased 3% per year during a decade, South Korea has increased 30% within 2 years, in which she mentioned that labour forces like part-time and/or temporary workers will be damaged.[11] She also accused that Moon's economic policy will lead the country to be like Venezuela or Argentina.[11]

She has a sceptical view towards Keynesian economic policies adopted by the President Moon, mentioning that the policy is actually "impossible and nonsense".[11] She also added that South Korea needs a leadership like Margaret Thatcher.[10][11]

Education

During a parliamentary speech on 30 July 2020, Yun criticised the education policy of Moon's government.[12][13] She cited an example of her elder sister who had already given up for mathematics during her school life.[12][13] She believes that this kind of problem was occurred due to the standardised education system.[12][13] In order to overcome this issue, she had suggested an idea, which is that an artificial intelligence (AI) provides exercises that are suitable for each student.[12][13] In fact, this idea was once applied at the Introduction to Probability and Statistics subject at the KDI and no one failed at the subject.[13]

She also analysed that the current South Korean education system has failed to innovate due to high restrictions towards e-learning and strong objections from teachers and lecturers.[12][13]

Works

  • The Betrayal of Policies (2020)

Election results

General elections

YearConstituencyPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
2020Seocho AUFP72,896 (62.60%)Won

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ""저는 임차인입니다", 부동산 전문 학자 출신 윤희숙 국회의원". 5 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "윤희숙, '5분 연설' 직전 김종인 독대했다". 3 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "윤희숙". Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 ""저는 임차인" 윤희숙 의원은 누구?…KDI시절 어땠나". 3 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 ""여의도 가서 포퓰리즘 경제정책 막겠다"". 13 March 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 ""저는 임차인입니다" 통합당 윤희숙 '5분 연설' 화제". 31 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 "[영상] 윤희숙의 5분 '사이다 경제학'…"무슨 배짱과 오만으로"". 31 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "윤희숙·윤석열이 통합당 웃게했다…민주당 지지율차 0.8%P뿐". 6 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "나경원, 국민의힘 당대표 출마 굳혀..캠프 꾸렸다". 16 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 "윤희숙 "여의도에서 포퓰리즘 경제정책 잡는다"". 13 March 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "文 정권의 경제 폭정 막을 포퓰리즘 파이터". May 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "윤희숙 "언니는 수포자"…이번엔 文정부 교육정책 저격". 8 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "'임차인' 윤희숙 의원이 꺼낸 '수포자' 친언니". 9 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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