Kweon Seong-dong
Kweon Seong-dong | |
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권성동 | |
Kweon Seong-dong in 2025 | |
| Leader of the People Power Party | |
| Acting 11 May 2025 – 15 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Kwon Young-se |
| Succeeded by | Kim Yong-tae |
| Acting 16 December 2024 – 30 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Han Dong-hoon |
| Succeeded by | Kwon Young-se |
| Secretary-General of the People Power Party | |
| In office 18 November 2021 – 5 January 2022 | |
| President | Lee Jun-seok |
| Preceded by | Han Ki-ho |
| Succeeded by | Kwon Yeong-se |
| Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party | |
| In office 2 June 2016 – 23 June 2016 | |
| President | Kim Hee-ok (interim) |
| Preceded by | Hwang Jin-ha Hong Moon-pyo (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Park Myung-jae |
| Member of the National Assembly for Gangneung | |
| Assumed office 29 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Choi Wook-chul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1960 Gangneung, South Korea |
| Political party | People Power |
| Other political affiliations | GNP (2009–2012) Saenuri (2012–2016) Bareun (2017) Liberty Korea (2017–2020) UFP (2020) |
| Spouse | Kim Jin-hee |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Kweon Seung-ohk |
| Alma mater | Chung-Ang University |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
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Kweon Seong-dong (Korean: 권성동, born 29 April 1960) is a South Korean lawyer and politician. A member of the conservative People Power Party (PPP), he has been the Member of Parliament for Gangneung since 2009.
Before entering politics, Kweon worked as a prosecutor and lawyer at various prosecution offices and the Ministry of Justice. He made his political debut at the 2009 Gangneung by-election which he won with about 51% of popular votes. He made himself known through his role at the 2016 political scandal, which led to the impeachment of Park Geun-hye.