Bae Jae-jung (; born 16 February 1968) is a South Korean politician previously served as the Prime Minister

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's first chief of staff. She is the first woman to lead the Prime Minister's Secretariat (PMS) since its creation in 1960s. Bae is one-term parliamentarian of now-ruling party,

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. During her term from 2012 to 2016, she took various roles in her party such as a member of Emergency Planning Commission in 2013, a spokesperson from 2013 to 2014 and vice-chair of Policy Committee from 2014 to 2015. Additionally, she worked as the deputy chief of staff to

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's first presidential campaign in 2012. After then-parliamentarian

was elected as the party leader and therefore announced that he will not seek for re-election in 2016 general election, she was chosen as a democratic candidate to replace him at the

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. Unfortunately, she lost the election by less than 2,000 votes. After serving as the chief of staff to

, the first Prime Minister of President

, she ran for the same constituency in the 2020 general election but lost again. In September 2020 she was brought back to the administration now serving as the President's secretary for political affairs. Before entering politics, she worked as a

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's journalist for almost two decades from 1989 to 2007 and a ranking member of its trade union. Bae holds a bachelor's degree in English language and literature and completed master's programme in arts, culture and videography from

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in 1990 and 2012 respectively.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bae, Jae-jung 1968 births Living people Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) 21st-century South Korean women politicians 21st-century South Korean politicians South Korean journalists South Korean women journalists Pusan National University alumni People from Busan Democratic Party of Korea politicians South Korean government officials Women members of the National Assembly (South Korea)