Park Young-sun

Park Young-sun
박영선
2nd Minister of SMEs and Startups
In office
8 April 2019  20 January 2021
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Chung Sye-kyun
Preceded byHong Jong-hak
Succeeded byKwon Chil-seung
Chairwoman of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy
Interim
In office
4 August 2014  27 September 2014
Preceded byKim Han-gil
Ahn Cheol-soo
Succeeded byMoon Hee-sang (Interim)
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2008  29 May 2020
Preceded byKim Han-gil
Succeeded byYoun Kun-young
ConstituencyGuro B (Seoul)
In office
30 May 2004  29 May 2008
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born (1960-01-22) 22 January 1960
Changnyeong, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic
Children1 son
Alma materKyung Hee University
Sogang University
Signature
Korean name
Hangul
박영선
Hanja
朴映宣
RRBak Yeongseon
MRPak Yŏngsŏn

Park Young-sun (Korean: 박영선; born 22 January 1960) is a South Korean journalist-turned politician previously served as the second Minister of SMEs and Startups under President Moon Jae-in from April 2019 to 2021 and the first woman to lead SME-specialised government entity since its creation in 1996. Park is also a four-term parliamentarian of Democratic Party.