Woo Sang-ho (politician)

Woo Sang-ho
Woo Sang-ho
우상호
	Woo in 2021
Leader of the Democratic Party
	Interim
	In office; 7 June 2022 – 28 August 2022
Preceded by	Park Hong-keun (Interim)
Succeeded by	Lee Jae-myung
Member of the National Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 May 2012
Preceded by	Lee Sung-heon
Constituency	Seodaemun A (Seoul)
	In office; 30 May 2004 – 29 May 2008
Preceded by	Lee Sung-heon
Succeeded by	Lee Sung-heon
Constituency	Seodaemun A (Seoul)
Personal details
Born	12 December 1962 (age 61); Cheorwon, Gangwon, South Korea
Citizenship	South Korean
Political party	Democratic
Other political; affiliations	List NCNP (1996-2000); MDP (2000-2003); Uri (2003-2007); UNDP (2007-2008); Democratic (2008) (2008-2011); Democratic (2011) (2011-2014); NPAD (2014-2015); ;
Spouse	Lee Hyun-joo
Children	Woo Jong-hyuk; Woo Jong-ha; Woo Ji-soo
Parent	Park Byung-hui (mother)
Alma mater	Yonsei University
Occupation	Activist, politician
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Woo Sang-ho (Korean: 우상호, born 12 December 1962) is a South Korean activist and politician who served as the interim President of the Democratic Party from 7 June 2022 to 29 August 2022. He previously served as the parliamentary leader of the party from 2016 to 2017. He has been the Member of the National Assembly for Seodaemun A constituency from 2004 to 2008, and since 2012.

Woo was born in Cheorwon, Gangwon, and raised in Seoul, where he attended Yongmoon High School. He joined student movements and took a crucial role during the June Struggle, while studying Korean language at Yonsei University. Following his graduation in 1989, he joined politics during 1995 local elections. He firstly contested in 2000 election for Seodaemun A constituency but lost to Lee Sung-heon.

He was firstly elected in 2004, but lost again in 2008. After coming back to the National Assembly in 2012, he became the parliamentary leader of the Democratic Party in 2016. He took a crucial role during the 2016 political scandal that triggered the impeachment of the then President Park Geun-hye. He worked close to the Democratic presidential candidate Moon Jae-in who was elected in 2017.

In the 2018 local elections, Woo was one of the favourable candidate for the Seoul mayorship. He contested Democratic preselection but lost to the then Mayor Park Won-soon. Following the death of Park in 2020, he ran again Democratic preselection for the same position for the 2021 election but lost to Park Young-sun.