Yoo Seong-min

Yoo Seong-min
유승민
Yoo in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
In office
27 October 2005  29 May 2020
Preceded byPark Chang-dal
Succeeded byKang Dae Sik
ConstituencyDong B (Daegu)
In office
30 May 2004  12 October 2005
ConstituencyProportional representation
Leader of the Bareunmirae Party
In office
13 February 2018  14 June 2018
Serving with Park Joo-sun
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKim Dong-cheol (interim)
Leader of the Bareun Party
In office
13 November 2017  13 February 2018
Preceded byJoo Ho-young (Acting)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1958-01-07) 7 January 1958
Daegu, South Korea
Political partyPeople Power (since 2020)
Other political
affiliations
Saenuri (2000–2016; 2016)
Independent (2016; 2016–2017)
Bareun (2017–2018)
Bareunmirae (2018–2020)
New Conservative (2020)
Residence(s)Yong-Gye Dong, Dong-gu, Daegu, Korea
Bundang District, Seongnam, Korea
Gaepo-Dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, Korea
Alma materSeoul National University (BA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)
OccupationPolitician, economist
Signature
Military service
Allegiance South Korea
Branch/service Republic of Korea Army
Years of service1979–1981
Rank Byeongjang (Sergeant)
Korean name
Hangul
유승민
Hanja
劉承旼
RRYu Seungmin
MRYu Sŭngmin
IPAju.sɯŋ.min

Yoo Seong-min (Korean: 유승민; born 7 January 1958), also known as Yoo Seung-min, is a South Korean economist and politician. Yoo is a former member of the National Assembly and was the Bareun Party's presidential nominee in the 2017 South Korean presidential election. He is the son of late Daegu court chief, attorney and Member of Parliament, Yoo Soo-ho for Junggu of Daegu.