Yoo Eun-hae | |
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유은혜 | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea | |
In office 2 October 2018 – 9 May 2022 Serving with Hong Nam-ki | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon Chung Sye-kyun Hong Nam-ki (acting) Kim Boo-kyum |
Preceded by | Kim Sang-gon |
Succeeded by | Park Soon-ae |
Minister of Education | |
In office 2 October 2018 – 9 May 2022 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Prime Minister | Chung Sye-kyun |
Preceded by | Kim Sang-gon |
Succeeded by | Park Soon-ae |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020 | |
Preceded by | Baek Sung-woon |
Succeeded by | Hong Jung-min |
Constituency | Goyang C |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 2 October 1962
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Sungkyunkwan University Ewha Womans University |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Yoo Eun-hae | |
Hangul | 유은혜 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yu Eun-hye |
McCune–Reischauer | Yu Ŭnhye |
Yoo Eun-hae (Korean: 유은혜; Hanja: 兪銀惠; born 2 October 1962) is a South Korean politician who served as the Minister of Education and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea, along with Hong Nam-ki under President Moon Jae-in from October 2018 to 9 May 2022. She is the first woman to serve as a Deputy Prime Minister in South Korea.
Yoo is the longest-serving education minister of the country. She was expected to resign and run for the governor of Gyeonggi Province but decided not to given the pandemic-disrupted education in the country.[1]
While studying at Sungkyunkwan University, she joined pro-democracy movement against authoritarian regime of then-president Chun. She has bachelor's degree in Eastern Philosophy from Sungkyunkwan University and Master's degree in public policy from Ewha Woman's University.
She first met Moon when the then-lawyer helped her family to receive benefits from her father's overwork death.[2] She was the spokesperson of Moon's second presidential campaign in 2017. From 2012 to 2020, Yoo served as the two-term, Democratic member of the National Assembly from Ilsan, Goyang.
Electoral history
Election | Year | District | Party Affiliation | Votes | Percentage of votes | Results |
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18th National Assembly General Election | 2008 | proportional representation | Democratic Party | 4,313,645 | 25.17% | Lost |
19th National Assembly General Election | 2012 | Gyeonggi Goyang Ilsan dong-gu | Democratic United Party | 60,236 | 51.59% | Won |
20th National Assembly General Election | 2016 | Gyeonggi Goyang C | Democratic Party | 62,886 | 47.73% | Won |
References
- ^ 김, 지연 (2022-02-16). "유은혜, 경기지사 불출마…역대 최장수 교육부 장관 된다(종합2보)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "(profile) New education minister nominee is two-term lawmaker well-versed in education policy".