Rhyu Si-min

Rhyu Si-min
유시민
柳時敏
Member of the National Assembly
In office
April 25, 2003 – May 29, 2008
Preceded byKwack Chi-Young (canceled)
Succeeded bySon Beom-gyu
ConstituencyDeogyang 1st (Goyang)
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
February 10, 2006 – May 22, 2007
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Preceded byKim Geun-tae
Succeeded byByun Jae-jin
Personal details
Born (1959-07-28) July 28, 1959 (age 64)
Bukbu-dong, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
South Korea
Political partyIndependent (2018-)
Justice Party (South Korea) (2012-2018)
Unified Progressive Party (2011-2012)
People's Participation Party (2009-2011)
Independent (2008-2009)
United New Democratic Party (2007-2008)
Uri Party (2003-2007)
People's Party for Reform (2002-2003)
SpouseHan Gyeong-hye
Residence(s)Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu
Seoul metropolitan city
South Korea
Alma materSeoul National University
Department of Economics (B.S.)
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Gutenberg School of Management & Economics (M.S.)
ProfessionPolitician
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website in Korean
Military service
Allegiance South Korea
Branch/service Republic of Korea Army
Years of service1980-1983
Rank Byeongjang
Korean name
Hangul
유시민
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu Simin
McCune–ReischauerYu Simin

Rhyu Si-min (Korean유시민; born July 28, 1959) is a South Korean politician who served as the 44th Minister of Health and Welfare from February 2006 to May 2007. Before starting his political career since August 2002, he was a journalist of Dong-a Ilbo and The Hankyoreh, with having his continuous progressive and liberal attitudes. He was in the UNDP as an Assembly member (representative) for Deogyang A district, and is a graduate of Seoul National University with a degree in Economics, and master's from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Economics. He resigned on May 22, 2007. He declared his presidential candidacy on August 18, 2007.[1]

He was selected by the liberal opposition parties to run for governor of Gyeonggi-do province on May 13, 2010 [2] In December 2011, Rhyu merged his People's Participation Party into the Unified Progressive Party, of which he was one of the co-chairs.[3]

He announced his retirement from politics on February 19, 2013.[4][5]

  1. ^ (Press-release)Rhyu Si-min officially announced his pre-registered candidacy for the 2007 presidential election, Usimin.net, Retrieved on August 21, 2007
  2. ^ Opposition bloc fields joint candidate for Gyeonggi governor, JoongAng Daily, Retrieved on May 25, 2010
  3. ^ Progressive parties unified, Yonhap News Agency, archived from the original on 7 July 2012, retrieved 1 February 2012
  4. ^ The Kyunghyang Shinmun 2013 February 19
  5. ^ 홍, 지인. "유시민 정계은퇴 선언…"직업으로서의 정치 떠난다"". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-05-31.

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