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Youn Kwan-suk
Youn Kwan-suk (Korean: 윤관석, born 17 August 1960) is a South Korean activist, labourer and politician who served Secretary-General of the Democratic Party from 4 May to 24 November 2021. He has also been the Member of the National Assembly for Namdong 2nd constituency since 2012. CareerBorn in Yongsan, Seoul, Youn attended Posung High School[1] before majoring journalism at Hanyang University.[2][3][4] Following the graduation, he used to be involved in labour movements in Incheon from 1985.[1][2][3][4] After that, he had also worked at civil organisations before joining politics as a member of the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) in 2000.[1][2][3][4] He became the Uri Party Division Chief of Namdong 2nd constituency and Secretary-General of Incheon in 2004.[1][2][3][4] During the 2008 election, he served as the Head of the Election Polling Committee of the United Democratic Party (UDP) in Incheon.[1] He became the Spokesperson to Hong Young-pyo, who was contesting for the 2009 Bupyeong 2nd by-election; Hong was later elected.[1] After Song Young-gil was elected the Mayor of Incheon in 2010, Youn became the Spokesperson of Incheon.[1][2][4] He then contested for Namdong 2nd constituency in the 2012 election and was elected.[2][4] On 26 September 2012, he was appointed the new Parliamentary Spokesperson of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), replacing Woo Won-shik who moved to the presidential campaign of Moon Jae-in that lost to Park Geun-hye the 2012 presidential election.[1][5] When Park nominated Yoon Chang-jung, Youn urged Yoon to resign.[6] In the 2016 election, Youn became the opposition unity candidate for Namdong 2nd following the resignation of Hong Jung-gun (People's Party) and an agreement with Bae Jin-gyo (Justice Party).[7] He received 55.49% and defeated Cho Jun-hyuk with a margin of 13.67%.[8] After Choo Mi-ae became the President of the Democratic Party, he was appointed the Chief Spokesperson of the party.[9] On 14 February 2018, he was appointed the Democratic Party Incheon chief following the resignation of Park Nam-choon that contested for the Incheon mayorship in the local elections.[10][11] In the 2020 election, Youn obtained 54.57% and defeated the former MP Rhie Won-bok.[12][13] On 4 May 2021, he was appointed the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party under the newly elected party President Song Young-gil.[14][15] Election resultsGeneral elections
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