Cho Bae-sook

Cho Bae-sook
조배숙
Leader of the Party for Democracy and Peace
In office
6 February 2018  5 August 2018
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byChung Dong-young
Personal details
Born (1956-09-10) 10 September 1956
Iksan, South Korea
Political partyParty for Democracy and Peace
People's Party (until 2018)
Alma materSeoul National University

Cho Bae-sook (Korean: 조배숙; born 10 September 1956) is a South Korean politician and legislator, serving as the Chairwoman of the liberal Party for Democracy and Peace, a party that split from the People's Party following Ahn Cheol-soo's decision to merge with the Bareun Party to form the Bareunmirae Party. Cho is one of three women leading prominent South Korean liberal parties, along with Choo Mi-ae of the Minjoo Party and Lee Jeong-mi of the Justice Party.