Sul Hoon (; born 23 April 1953) is a South Korean activist and politician currently serving as a member of

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in Wonmi District's 2nd constituency of

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. He is also one of the Vice presidents in

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since August 2018.

Biography

Born at

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(now

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), Sul Hoon studied history at

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. His father, Sul Cheol-soo, was an independence activist. While he was studying at university, he was arrested for two times after participating for anti-dictatorship protests. At this time, he met

Kim Dae-jung Kim Dae-jung (, ; 6 January 192418 August 2009) was a South Korean politician, activist and statesman who served as the eighth president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003. Kim entered politics as a member of the new wing of the Democratic Pa ...

, who then became the President of the country.

Political career

Sul Hoon started his political career in 1985, as a secretary of Kim Dae-jung. He firstly ran as the candidate of

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's 1st constituency, but defeated by independent candidate Lee Chul. He did not participate for the general election in 1992. During the general election in 1996, Sul Hoon was the candidate from National Congress for New Politics at

Dobong District Dobong District () is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. As of 2020, Dobong has a population of 315,979 and an area of , and is divided into four administrative neighborhoods. The district is located in northeastern Seoul, bordering ...

's 2nd constituency, and defeated Yoo In-tae of United Democratic Party. He was re-elected in 2000. Nevertheless, he boycotted the 2004 election in order to against the impeachment of the President

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. He returned as an MP in 2012 and was re-elected in 2016. During the party leadership election in 2018, he contested as the party's vice presidential candidate and elected as 3rd.

Criticism

During the presidential election in 2002, Sul Hoon claimed that Lee Hoi-chang, the candidate of

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accepted $200,000 from Choi Kyu-seon. He was accused of spreading fake news and sentenced 1.5-year of imprisonment in 2005. He was widely criticised in 2019, after he mentioned that the 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 ...

's approval rating was dropping among the youths as the majority of them was not educated properly under both

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and

Park Geun-hye Park Geun-hye (; ; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until Impeachment of Park Geun-hye, she was removed from office in 2017. Park was the first and to date only woman ...

's administration.

Biography

Political career

Criticism

See also

Election results

General elections

References

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