14 YU Alumni Become Members of the 21st National Assembly! N
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- Date : 2020.04.22 10:06
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Of the 12 seats of Daegu, 9 from YU
Alumni continue to demonstrate political prowess following the 20th general elections and 2018 local elections
[April 16, 2020]
In the district elections, there were many elected in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions. In Daegu, Joo Ho-young (Law class of ‘78) won Suseong (Gap), Kim Yong-pan (Economics ’78) won Dalseo (Byeong), Kim Sang-hoon (Law ‘82) won Seo-gu, Kim Seung-soo (Public Administration ’83) won Buk-gu (Eul), Kang Dae-shik (Graduate School of Business Administration ‘09) won Dong-gu (Eul), Yoon Jae-ok (Graduate School of Business Administration Advanced Management Program ’08, hereinafter called AMP) won Dalseo (Eul), Ryu Seong-geol (AMP ‘15) won Dong-gu (Gap), Hong Seok-joon (AMP ’16) won Dalseo (Gap), and Chu Gyeong-ho (AMP ‘17) won Dalseong. Thus, 9 out of the 12 seats for Daegu were taken by graduates of YU. National Assemblyman Joo Ho-young was elected again in the 21st general elections, thus being voted into office for the fourth time.
Also, in Gyeongbuk, Kim Seok-gi (Public Administration ‘71) won Gyeongju, Kim Young-shik (Mechanical Engineering ’78) won Gumi (Eul) and Kim Hee-guk (AMP ‘15) won Gunwi/Uiseong/Cheongsong/Yeongdeok, while in Seoul, Jeon Hae-suk (Pharmacy ’73) won Gwangjin (Gap). Future Korea Party proportional representative no. 9 Cho Myung-hee (AMP ‘16) also joined the 21st National Assembly.
At the 20th National Assembly elections, 16 members were from YU and in the 2018 local elections, a total of 21 members were from YU including 2 metropolitan government heads, 19 local government heads, and one superintendent of education, thus showing the alumni power that is prominent in Korean politics.