Chun Jung-bae

Chun Jung-bae
천정배
Chairman of the People's Party
In office
2 February 2016 – 29 June 2016
Serving with Ahn Cheol-soo
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPark Jie-won
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 April 2015 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byOh Byeong-yun
Succeeded byYang Hyang-ja
ConstituencyGwangju Seo B
In office
30 May 1996 – 29 May 2012
Preceded byChang Kyung-woo (Ansan–Ongjin, Gyeonggi)
Succeeded byKim Myung-yeon
ConstituencyGyeonggi Ansan Danwon A (2004–2012)
Gyeonggi Ansan B (1996–2004)
Minister of Justice
In office
29 June 2005 – 26 July 2006
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Preceded byKim Seung-kew
Succeeded byKim Seong-ho
Personal details
Born (1954-12-12) 12 December 1954
Yeontae-myeon, Sinan County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
PartyDemocratic (2021-present)
Other political
affiliations
NCNP (1995-2000)
MDP (2000-2003)
Uri (2003-2007)
GUDNP (2007-2008)
UDP (2008)
Democratic (2008-2011)
DUP (2011-2013)
Democratic (2013-2014)
NPAD (2014-2015)
Independent (2015-2016)
People's (2016-2018)
PDP(2018-2019)
Independent (2019-2020)
New Alternatives (2020)
Minsaeng (2020-2021)
Alma materSeoul National University
OccupationLawyer
Chun Jung-bae
Hangul
천정배
Hanja
千正培
RRCheon Jeongbae
MRCh'ŏn Chŏngbae

Chun Jung-bae (Korean: 천정배; born 12 December 1954) is a South Korean politician who was the joint chairman of the People's Party, alongside Ahn Cheol-soo. He is a member of the National Assembly for Gwangju Seo B since 2015, having previously represented Gyeonggi Ansan Danwon from 1996 to 2012. He served as Minister of Justice from 2005 to 2006 under President Roh Moo-hyun.

Chun was credited with securing Roh's victory in the 2002 presidential election and, as floor leader of Roh's Uri Party, the party's subsequent majority in the 2004 legislative election.[1] In 2007, Chun defected from the Uri Party to the United New Democratic Party after entering into conflict with other members of the pro-Roh group, including then-presidential chief of staff Moon Jae-in.[2]

After standing unsuccessfully for a seat in Seoul in the 2012 elections for the Democratic United Party, Chun organized the presidential nomination campaign of Kim Doo-kwan as an alternative candidate to Moon, who would become the party's nominee.[2] Continuing to oppose Moon, by that time party leader, he left the DUP's successor the New Politics Alliance for Democracy in March 2015,[3] citing the party's lack of reformist leadership. He ran as an independent that year in a by-election in Gwangju, commonly viewed as a stronghold of the main liberal party, and defeated the NPAD candidate in a shock landslide victory on April 29, returning to the Assembly.[4] In September 2015, a number of NPAD lawmakers in contact with Chun defected from the party, triggering speculation over the formation of a new party;[5] on September 19, Chun publicly announced that he would establish a new party in opposition to the NPAD.[6]

Chun established a new People's Reform Party, and joined forces with Ahn Cheol-soo in January 2016 to form the People's Party.[7] In the lead-up to the 2016 parliamentary elections, however, Chun came into conflict with Ahn in March over the prospect of an electoral alliance with the Minjoo Party of Korea, the NPAD's successor; Chun vowed to boycott party meetings until Ahn withdrew from his opposition to such a pact.[8] He backed down after a private meeting with Ahn on March 15,[9] and the alliance with the Minjoo Party ultimately failed to materialize.[10]

On December 26, 2016, he declared that he will be running for President in 2017 and will face his former co-leader Ahn.[11]

Election results

General elections

YearElectionsConstituencyPolitical partyVotes (%)Results
199615th National Assembly General ElectionAnsan B (Gyeonggi)NCNP36,902 (38.80%)Won
200016th National Assembly General ElectionAnsan B (Gyeonggi)MDP37,523 (49.51%)Won
200417th National Assembly General ElectionAnsan Danwon A (Gyeonggi)Uri32,094 (58.21%)Won
200818th National Assembly General ElectionAnsan Danwon A (Gyeonggi)UDP23,044 (49.12%)Won
201219th National Assembly General ElectionSongpa B (Seoul)DUP46,010 (46.02%)Defeated
20152015 By-electionSeo B (Gwangju)Independent26,256 (52.37%)Won
201620th National Assembly General ElectionSeo B (Gwangju)People's42,599 (54.52%)Won
202021st National Assembly General ElectionSeo B (Gwangju)Minsaeng15,754 (19.49%)Defeated

References

  1. ↑ "Chun Jung Bae: Parliamentary Leader, Uri Party, South Korea". Bloomberg. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Former politician claims to be 'pro-Roh but not pro-Moon'". The Dong-A Ilbo. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Party feud erodes Moon's leadership". The Korea Herald. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Chun's win gives wakeup call to NPAD". The Korea Times. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Opposition lawmakers defect to join new party". Korea JoongAng Daily. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Independent lawmaker Chun Jung-bae to set up party". The Korea Times. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ahn Cheol-Soo, Chun Jung-Bae To Create New Party". TBS eFM. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ahn's party on verge of breakup". The Korea Times. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ahn, Chun make up". The Korea Times. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Minjoo, People's Party abandon alliance idea". Korea JoongAng Daily. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "People's Party Woos UN Chief Ban".
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