Sim Sang-jung
Sim Sang-jung | |
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심상정 | |
Sim Sang-jung in 2015 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 30 May 2012 – 29 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Son Beom Gyu |
| Constituency | Gyeonggi Goyang A |
| In office 30 May 2004 – 29 May 2008 | |
| Constituency | Proportional representation |
| Leader of the Justice Party | |
| In office 18 July 2015 – 11 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Cheon Ho-sun |
| Succeeded by | Lee Jeong-mi |
| In office 13 July 2019 – 12 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Jeong-mi |
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong-Cheol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1959 P'aju, Kyonggi Province, South Korea |
| Political party | Justice Party |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Labor Party (2000–2008) New Progressive Party (2008–2011) Unified Progressive Party (2011–12) |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University |
| Signature | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 심상정 |
| Hanja | 沈相奵 |
| RR | Sim Sangjeong |
| MR | Sim Sangjŏng |
Sim Sang-jung (Korean: 심상정; born 20 February 1959) is a South Korean labor rights activist and former politician. She was one of the five major presidential candidates in the 2017 South Korean presidential election, running as the Justice Party's nominee. She again ran as the Justice Party's nominee in the 2022 presidential election, finishing in 3rd place.
She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2012, having previously served from 2004 to 2008, and was the leader of the Justice Party from 2015 to 2017 and 2019 to 2020. She announced her retirement from politics following the 2024 legislative election, effective at the end of the National Assembly's term on 29 May.