Ji Sang-wook (; born 16 May 1965) is a South Korean academic and politician in the conservative

Bareun Party The Bareun Party () was a conservative political party in South Korea, announced on 27 December 2016 with the defection of 29 anti-Park Saenuri Party lawmakers. It was known as the Conservative New Party for Reform until 8 January 2017. Hist ...

. He is currently a member of the

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for

Jung District Jung District (), meaning "Central District", is the name of a ''gu'' (district) in several South Korean cities: *Jung District, Busan *Jung District, Daegu *Jung District, Daejeon *Jung District, Incheon *Jung District, Seoul *Jung District, Ulsan ...

and

Seongdong District Seongdong District () is one of the 25 List of districts of Seoul, districts which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. It is situated on the north bank of the Han River (Korea), Han River. It is divided into 20 ''dong'' (neighbourhoods). The ...

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, and was previously head of the party's district organization in Jung-gu. Before joining the Saenuri Party, Ji was formerly a spokesman for the Liberty Forward Party, and ran as that party's candidate for

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in 2010. He was nominated again for the post in 2011 but withdrew before the election took place. Prior to his entry into politics, Ji was a professor at

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 SK ...

's Graduate School of International Studies. He studied civil engineering as an undergraduate at Yonsei before earning a masters at

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and a doctorate from the

University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

. He met LFP chairman Lee Hoi-chang in the United States after Lee's defeat in the 2002 presidential election, and subsequently served as a close aide to him. Ji is married to the actress Shim Eun-ha, who has supported him in elections.

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1965 births Living people Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) Bareun Party politicians Stanford University School of Engineering alumni University of Tokyo alumni Yonsei University alumni Academic staff of Yonsei University Sang-wook {{SouthKorea-politician-stub