Sim Sang-jung

Sim Sang-jung
심상정
Sim Sang-jung in 2015
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2012
Preceded by	Son Beom Gyu
Constituency	Gyeonggi Goyang A
In office 30 May 2004 – 29 May 2008
Constituency	Proportional representation
Leader of the Justice Party
In office 18 July 2015 – 11 July 2017
Preceded by	Cheon Ho-sun
Succeeded by	Lee Jeong-mi
In office 13 July 2019 – 12 October 2020
Preceded by	Lee Jeong-mi
Succeeded by	Kim Jong-Cheol
Personal details
Born	(1959-02-20) 20 February 1959 (age 65) P'aju, Kyonggi Province, South Korea
Political party	Justice Party
Other political affiliations	Democratic Labor Party (2000–2008) New Progressive Party (2008–2011) Unified Progressive Party (2011–12)
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Signature
Korean name
Hangul	심상정
Hanja	沈相奵
Revised Romanization	Sim Sangjeong
McCune–Reischauer	Sim Sangjŏng

Sim Sang-jung (born 20 February 1959) is a South Korean labor rights activist and former politician. She was one of the five major presidential candidates in the 2017 South Korean presidential election, running as the Justice Party's nominee. She again ran as the Justice Party's nominee in the 2022 presidential election, finishing in 3rd place.

She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2012, having previously served from 2004 to 2008, and was the leader of the Justice Party from 2015 to 2017 and 2019 to 2020.^[1] She announced her retirement from politics following the 2024 legislative election, effective at the end of the National Assembly's term on 29 May.^[2][3]