Park Seong-min (; born 25 August 1996) is a South Korean politician who served as a secretary to President
Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in (, ; born January 24, 1953) is a South Korean politician and former lawyer who served as the 12th president of South Korea from 2017 to 2022. Before his presidency, he served as the senior secretary for civil affairs and the Chief ...
for youth affairs from 2021 to 2022. At the age of 25 Park became the youngest person to assume secretary roles in
Office of the President Moon. She was previously the youngest person to form the Supreme Council of the ruling party under
Lee Nak-yon
Lee Nak-yon (; born 20 December 1951) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2017 to 2020. A member of the New Future Democratic Party, Lee previously served as the governor of South Jeolla Province f ...
leadership who served as Moon's first prime minister.
Park was previously one of two youth spokespeople of her party appointed by then-party leader
Lee Hae-chan through first-ever open competition for this post.
She also served as a member of University Students Committee of her party in 2018 and co-chair of youth policy committee of
Yongin
Yongin (; ) is a city in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the largest in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population over 1 million, the city has developed rapidly since the 21st century, recording the highest population growth of any city in th ...
in 2019.
Park is currently a
Korea University
Korea University (KU, ) is a Private university, private research university in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1905 by Yi Yong-ik, Lee Yong-Ik, a prominent official of the Korean Empire, Korea University is among South Korea's oldest List of ...
undergraduate student with Korean language and literature major.
If confirmed, she will be the youngest member of the Supreme Council, her party's highest decision-making committee.
Unlike other members of the Council, Park will serve as its member as long as her nominator,
Lee Nak-yon
Lee Nak-yon (; born 20 December 1951) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2017 to 2020. A member of the New Future Democratic Party, Lee previously served as the governor of South Jeolla Province f ...
, serves as the party leader. On 4 September 2020, her nomination was confirmed commencing her term as its Supreme Council member.
From September 2020 Park chairs party's task force for youth affairs. She also proposed creating "venue" for the party and youth can communicate regularly.
Following the party's defeat in
2021 by-elections, all members of Supreme Council including Park resigned. In May 2020 Park joined Lee Nak-yon's de facto presidential campaign as its spokesperson.
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Living people
Democratic Party of Korea politicians
1996 births
21st-century South Korean women politicians
21st-century South Korean politicians
Korea University alumni
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