Chung Doo-un (, 6 March 1957 – 16 July 2019) was a South Korean politician who was Vice-Mayor of

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from 2000 to 2003. Chung, along with Chu ho-young and

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, was a close associate of President

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but later became critical of him and the leadership of the

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after Lee's election. On 26 August 2011, he described Lee Myung-bak's ''fair society'' governance as a failure due to the

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-led surveillance against civilians in 2010. The Minjoo Party's Kim Young-ho took his seat in the

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at the 20th general election, held on 13 April 2016.

Death

Chung committed suicide, aged 62, in a park in

on 16 July 2019.Ex-lawmaker Chung Doo-un found dead on Seoul mountain
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