Kim Min-seok (politician)
Kim Min-seok | |
|---|---|
김민석 | |
Kim in 2024 | |
| Prime Minister of South Korea | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Lee Jae-myung |
| Succeeding | Han Duck-soo Lee Ju-ho (acting) |
| Leader of the Democratic Party | |
| In office 30 January 2016 – 31 October 2016 Serving with Park Joon-young until 14 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Kang Shin-sung |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the National Assembly for Yeongdeungpo B | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Sin Kyŏng-min |
| In office 30 May 1996 – 27 May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Rha Woong-bae |
| Succeeded by | Kwon Yeong-se |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 May 1964 Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic (since 2016) |
| Other political affiliations | Little Democrats (1990–1991) Democratic (1991–1995) NCNP (1995–2000) MDP (2000–2002; 2003–2005) Democratic (2005–2007) UNDP (2007–2008) UDP (2008) Democratic (2008–2010) Democratic (K) (2014–2016) |
| Spouse(s) |
Kim Ja-young
(m. 1993; div. 2014)Lee Tae-rin (m. 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Seoul National University (BA) Columbia University (MIA) Harvard University (MPA) Tsinghua University (MJur) Rutgers University–Newark (JD) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김민석 |
| Hanja | 金民錫 |
| RR | Gim Minseok |
| MR | Kim Minsŏk |
Kim Min-seok (Korean: 김민석, born 29 May 1964) is a South Korean activist, educator and politician who is the prime minister-designate of South Korea. He has served as the member of the National Assembly for Yeongdeungpo B since 2020, a seat he previously held from 1996 to 2002.
Born in Seoul, Kim has degrees from Seoul National University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Tsinghua University, and Rutgers University. He was detained for occupying the American Culture Centre in Seoul. He was elected to the National Assembly in the 1996 election, and was regarded as one of rising stars of the Democratic Party during that period. However, his loss in the Seoul mayoral election in 2002 to Lee Myung-bak contributed to a decline in his popularity. Kim was able to make a political comeback when he was once again elected as the MP for the Yeongdeungpo 2nd constituency in the 2020 election, marking a return to the National Assembly after 18 years. He is an advisor to President Lee Jae-myung.