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Ahn Sang-soo (Incheon Mayor)
Ahn Sang-soo (; born 28 May 1946) is a South Korean politician of the People Power Party (South Korea), People Power Party who served as two-time mayor of Incheon from 2002 to 2010. In the 2010 South Korean local elections, 2010 local elections he lost his position to Song Young-gil of the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008), Democratic Party. He was a candidate for the Saenuri nomination in the 2012 South Korean presidential election, 2012 presidential elections. As mayor, Ahn was responsible for initiating a range of expensive construction projects which have been implicated in causing financial difficulties. On November 22, 2019, while serving in the National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly representing the opposition Liberty Korea party, he introduced an amendment to remove homophobia and transphobia from a list of violations of an anti-discrimination law. He used a poster that compared homosexual marriage to a picture of a woman marrying a dog. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (South Korea)
The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, often shortened to the National Assembly in domestic English-language media, is the unicameral national legislature of South Korea. Elections to the National Assembly are held every four years. The latest legislative elections were held on 15 April 2020. The National Assembly has 300 seats, with 253 constituency seats and 47 proportional representation seats; 30 of the PR seats are assigned on additional member system, while 17 PR seats use the parallel voting method. The unicameral assembly consists of at least 200 members according to the South Korean constitution. In 1990 the assembly had 299 seats, 224 of which were directly elected from single-member districts in the general elections of April 1988. Under applicable laws, the remaining seventy-five representatives were elected from party lists. By law, candidates for election to the assembly must be at least thirty years of age. As part of a political compromise in 1987, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
