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Kim Sung-hwan (politician)
Kim Sung-hwan (; born October 15, 1965) is a South Korean politician who has served as the minister of environment since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), he is a three-term member of the National Assembly, currently representing the Nowon B constituency in Seoul. Kim previously served as the mayor of Nowon District Nowon District () is one of the List of districts of Seoul, 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea, located in the most northeastern part of the metropolitan city. It is considered to be a residental district, due to its high concentration of apartme ... from 2010 to 2018 and has held various legislative and administrative roles at both local and national levels. Early Life and education Kim was born in Geomundo-ri, Samsan-myeon, Yeosu County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. He attended Seoul Changseo Elementary School, Jungdong Middle School, and Hansung High School. In 1990, he earned a Bachelor of Laws from Yonsei University. He later obt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonsei University
Yonsei University () is a Private university, private Christian university, Christian research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Yonsei is one of the three most prestigious universities in the country, part of a group referred to as SKY (universities), SKY universities. The university traces its roots to the first modern medical center in Korea, ''Gwanghyewon'' (광혜원 廣惠院, House of Extended Grace) founded in April 1885, now Severance Hospital, Severance Union Medical College (세브란스 의과대학; 세브란스 醫科大學). The institution in its current university form was established in January 1957 through the union of Yonhi College () and Severance. As a tribute, the name "Yonsei" was derived from the first syllables of the names of its two parent institutions, "Yon; 연; 延" from Yonhi College and "Sei; 세; 世" from Severance Union Medical College. Yonhi College was one of the first modern colleges, founded as Chosun Christian College () in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul Metropolitan Council
The Seoul Metropolitan Council () is the local council of Seoul. There are a total of 112 members, with 101 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 11 members elected in Party-list proportional representation. The council uses the historic building Bumingwan in Jung District. Current composition Negotiation groups can be formed by 10 or more members. List of council members Organization The structure of Council consists of: *Chairman *Two Vice Chairmen *Standing Committees **Council Steering Committee **Administration & Autonomy Committee **Planning & Economy Committee **Environment & Water Resources Committee **Culture, Sports & Tourism Committee **Health & Social Affairs Committee **Public Safety & Construction Committee **City Planning & Management Committee **Transportation Committee **Education Committee *Special Committees **Special Committees on Budget & Accounts **Special Committees on Ethics Recent election results 2018 , - style=" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Yeosu
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century South Korean Politicians
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1965 Births
Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 29 – Tampere Ice Stadium, Hakametsä, the first ice rink of Finland, is inaugurated in Tampere. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowon B
Nowon B () is a constituency of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ... of South Korea. The constituency consists of parts of Nowon District, Seoul. As of 2024, 211,043 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1988 from the Dobong (constituency), Dobong constituency. History Since its establishment, Nowon B has elected members of the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015), Democratic Party and predecessor parties in all but two elections and is thus regarded as a stronghold for the Democratic Party. Kim Yong-chae of the right-wing New Democratic Republican Party was the first member to represent Nowon B, narrowly defeating Lim Chae-jung of the centre-left Peace Democratic Party by a little over 1,000 vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
