Jeong Myeong-hui
정명희
Mayor of Buk-gu
Assumed office
1 July 2018
Preceded byHwang Jae-gwan
Member of Busan Metropolitan Council
In office
1 July 2014 – 30 June 2018
Personal details
Born (1966-05-02) 2 May 1966
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materPusan National University
Kyungsung University
Korean name
Hangul
정명희
Hanja
鄭明姬
Revised RomanizationJeong Myeonghui
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Myŏnghŭi

Jeong Myeong-hui (Korean: 정명희; born 2 May 1966) is a South Korean pharmacist-turned politician serving as the mayor of Buk District of Busan and its first woman mayor from July 2018.

Jeong, along with Busanjin District Mayor Seo Eunsuk and Geumjeong District Mayor Jeong Mi-yeong, was elected as the first woman mayor of their respective district in Busan in the 2018 election[1] where 13 out of 16 autonomous districts/counties including Buk-gu have their first mayors not from People Power Party or its preceding parties.[2][3]

In the 2014 election, Jeong was placed as the number 2 of Democratic Party's proportional list for Busan Metropolitan Council. During four years from 2014 to 2018, she served as the only democratic member of the Council.[4]

In the 2018 election, she defeated two-term Mayor of the district, Hwang Jae-gwan (Korean: 황재관) from the main opposition party.[1]

Jeon was previously vice chair of Democratic Party's Policy Planning Committee and the spokesperson of Busan branch of the party.[5] She was also active in civil societies serving as a board member of Busan Pharmaceutical Association from 2011 to 2014 and the president of its Jung District branch from 2012 to 2016.[4]

Jeong holds two degrees in Pharmacy - a bachelor from Pusan National University[6] and a master's from Kyungsung University where she also completed a doctorate programme.[7]

Electoral history

Election Year Post Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
6th Local Election 2014 Member of Busan Metropolitan Council (proportional representation) New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) 520,414 32.84% Won
7th Local Election 2018 Mayor of Buk District, Busan Democratic Party 84,363 56.5% Won

References

  1. 1 2 차근호 (2018-06-14). "[6·13선거] '여풍당당' 민주당 부산서 구청장 3명 당선 기염". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  2. ↑ "부산 구청장 16곳 중 13곳을 민주당이 휩쓸었다(업데이트)". 허프포스트코리아 (in Korean). 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  3. ↑ "한국당 3선 구청장에 맞선 민주당 여성 구청장 후보 2인방". www.hani.co.kr (in Korean). 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  4. 1 2 "부산시약, 정명희 북구청장 당선 축하연 개최 - 약국신문". www.pharm21.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  5. ↑ "구청장소개 > 약력 | 부산광역시 북구청". www.bsbukgu.go.kr. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  6. ↑ "정명희 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  7. ↑ "의원광장>인명별|부산시의회". council.busan.go.kr. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
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