Chung Woo-taik

Chung Woo-taik MP
정우택
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 10 November 2022 – 29 May 2024 Serving with Kim Young-joo
Preceded by	Chung Jin-suk
Governor of North Chungcheong
In office 1 July 2006 – 30 June 2010
Preceded by	Lee Won-jong
Succeeded by	Lee Si-jong
President of the Liberty Korea Party (Saenuri Party before 13 February 2017)
Interim
In office 1 April 2017 – 2 July 2017
Preceded by	In Myung-jin (interim)
Succeeded by	Hong Jun-pyo
In office 16 December 2016 – 28 December 2018
Preceded by	Lee Jung-hyun
Succeeded by	In Myung-jin (interim)
Minister of Oceans and Fisheries
In office 26 March 2001 – 6 September 2001
President	Kim Dae-jung
Prime Minister	Lee Han-dong
Preceded by	Roh Moo-hyun
Succeeded by	Yoo Sam-nam
Member of the National Assembly for Sangdang
In office 10 March 2022 – 29 May 2024
Preceded by	Jeong Jeong-soon
Succeeded by	Lee Kang-ill
In office 30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020
Preceded by	Hong Jae-hyung
Succeeded by	Jeong Jeong-soon
Member of the National Assembly for Jincheon-Goesan-Eumseong
In office 30 May 2000 – 29 May 2004
Preceded by	Himself (as Jincheon-Eumseong) Kim Chong-hoh (Goesan)
Succeeded by	Kim Jong-ryul (as Jeungpyeong-Jincheon-Goesan-Eumseong)
Member of the National Assembly for Jincheon-Eumseong
In office 30 May 1996 – 29 May 2000
Preceded by	Min Tae-koo
Succeeded by	Himself (as Jincheon-Goesan-Eumseong)
Personal details
Born	(1953-02-18) 18 February 1953 (age 71) Yeonsan-dong, Busan, South Gyeongsang (now Yeonsan-dong, Yeonje, Busan)
Citizenship	South Korean
Political party	People Power
Other political affiliations	UNP (1992) Democratic (1995) ALDE (1995-2004) GNP (2005-2012) Saenuri (2012-2017) LKP (2017-2020) UFP (2020)
Spouse	Lee Ok-bae
Children	2
Parent(s)	Chung Woon-gap (father) Park Deuk-ki (mother)
Relatives	Chung Ji-taik (elder brother)
Alma mater	Sungkyunkwan University Seoul National University University of Hawaiʻi
Occupation	Politician

Chung Woo-taik (Korean: 정우택, born 18 February 1953) is a South Korean politician who served as the former Governor of North Chungcheong from 2006 to 2010. He is currently the Member of the National Assembly for Sangdang since 2022.

Chung is a notable Hoseo-based politician, although his actual birthplace is Busan. He was firstly elected MP in the 1996 election, and served as a 4-term MP from 1996 to 2004, and again from 2012 to 2020; both term in North Chungcheong. Once being a member of the now-defunct Alliance of Liberal Democrats (ALDE) that was a coalition partner to the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) during the Kim Dae-jung government, he served as the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries from March to September 2001, which he resigned following the ALDE's departure from the government. He then joined to the Grand National Party (GNP) and ran for North Chungcheong governorship at the 2006 local elections and was elected, but failed to retain a second term.

He was the interim President of the Saenuri Party from 16 to 28 December 2016, and its successor, Liberty Korea Party (LKP), from 1 April to 2 July 2017.