Lee Jae-myung

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Lee Jae-myung
이재명
Official portrait, 2022
Leader of the Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 August 2022
Preceded by	Woo Sang-ho
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 June 2022
Preceded by	Song Young-gil
Constituency	Gyeyang B (Incheon)
35th Governor of Gyeonggi Province
In office 1 July 2018 – 25 October 2021
Preceded by	Nam Kyung-pil
Succeeded by	Oh Byeong-kwon (acting) Kim Dong-yeon
19th Mayor of Seongnam
In office 1 July 2010 – 15 March 2018
Preceded by	Lee Dae-yup
Succeeded by	Eun Su-mi
Personal details
Born	(1963-12-08) 8 December 1963 (age 60) Andong, South Korea
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Kim Hye-kyung ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	2
Education	Chung-Ang University (LLB) Gachon University (MPA)
Occupation	Politician author
Profession	Lawyer
Signature
Website	Office website
Korean name
Hangul	이재명
Hanja	李在明
Revised Romanization	I Jaemyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Chaemyŏng

Lee Jae-myung (Korean: 이재명; born 8 December 1963) is a South Korean politician serving as a member of the National Assembly and the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. Lee was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2022 South Korean presidential election. He was the 35th Governor of Gyeonggi Province from 2018 to 2022.

Born to a poor family in Andong, Lee became a factory worker after primary school and became disabled due to workplace injuries. Lee earned middle and high school equivalency diplomas and studied at Chung-Ang University, earning his law degree in 1986. As a human rights and labour lawyer, Lee organized with Minbyun and advocated for opening a new hospital in Seongnam.

Lee entered politics in 2005 and unsuccessfully contested a few elections. He was elected Mayor of Seongnam in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. He resigned in 2018 for a successful run for Governor of Gyeonggi Province. Lee ran for president in 2022, winning the party nomination, but narrowly losing to Yoon Suk Yeol in the general election. Afterwards, Lee was elected to the National Assembly, and became the leader of the Democratic Party. In January 2024, he survived being stabbed in the neck during an assassination attempt in Busan while he was campaigning for the 2024 legislative elections.