Yoo Song-hwa
유송화
Image of Yoo Song-hwa
Director of the Chunchugwan Press Center at the Blue House
In office
9 January 2019 – 15 January 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byKwon Hyuk-ki
Succeeded byHan Jung-woo
Private Secretary to the First Lady
In office
17 May 2017 – 8 January 2019
Succeeded byShin Jee-yeon
Personal details
Born (1968-04-06) 6 April 1968
Goheung County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materEwha Womans University
University of Seoul
Dongguk University

Yoo Song-hwa (Korean: 유송화; Hanja: 兪松和; born 6 April 1968) is a South Korean politician previously served as the Director of the Chunchugwan Press Center at the Blue House under President Moon Jae-in[1][2] - the third woman to assume such post.[3]

Upon the beginning of Moon's presidency, Yoo was appointed as the Private Secretary to the First Lady Kim Jung-sook.[4] As part of the Blue House staffer reshuffle in January 2019, she was promoted as the Director of the Press Center, Chunchugwan, at the Blue House, the only secretary-level staff at the Office of the President not working at secretariat buildings. She is the third woman to assume the post after Kim Hyun and Seo Young-kyo who were appointed by President Roh Moo-hyun 11 years ago.[3]

In January 2020, Yoo resigned the post to stand for the upcoming general election in April.[2] She applied to run as her party's candidate for Seoul Nowon A constituency[5] but lost the primary to the incumbent Ko Yong-jin (Korean: 고용진).[6]

Yoo previously served as a Nowon District Council member from 1995 to 2002.[5] In 2002 election, she was placed as the number 6 of the proportional list but could not be elected as a Seoul Metropolitan Council member. In 2003 she joined then-President-elect Roh Moo-hyun's transition team and later Offices of Senior Presidential Secretaries for civil societies and personnel affairs. She later worked for her party as public relations staff and later standing deputy spokesperson.[7] In 1988 she was the president of Ewha Womans University's student union.[8]

Yoo holds two degrees - a bachelor in economics from Ewha Womans University and a master's in urban administration from University of Seoul. She also completed a doctorate programme on North Korean studies at Dongguk University.[9]

Electoral history

Election Year Post Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
1st Local Election 1995 Member of Nowon District Council Independent 3,069 30.63% Won
2nd Local Election 1998 Member of Nowon District Council Independent 4,335 55.18% Won
3rd Local Election 2002 Member of Seoul Metropolitan Council (proportional representation) Democratic Party (2000) 1,277,362 37.04% Lost

References

  1. ↑ "In year's 2nd reshuffle, Moon taps 6 secretaries". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  2. 1 2 "Cheong Wa Dae undergoing exodus of officials ahead of April general election". m.koreatimes.co.kr. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  3. 1 2 "11년 만에 여성 청와대 춘추관장…김현·서영교 이어 3번째". 아시아경제 (in Korean). 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  4. ↑ "속도붙는 청와대 인선…공직기강비서관 김종호". 매일경제 (in Korean). 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  5. 1 2 "유송화 前 춘추관장, 노원갑 출마…"제2의 고향위해 뛰겠다"".
  6. ↑ "논란의 '서울 노원갑' 유송화, 고용진에 패배...손금주·정은혜 탈락". BBS NEWS (in Korean). 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  7. ↑ "유송화 '일편당심'이 꽃을 피웠네". (주)뉴스앤뉴스TV (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  8. ↑ "노원신문". nowon.newsk.com. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  9. ↑ "유송화 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
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