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Jung Tae-ho

Jung Tae-ho (Korean: 정태호; Hanja: 鄭泰浩;born 23 January 1964) is a South Korean politician representing Gwanak District of Seoul at the National Assembly from 2020 and previously served as a secretary and later a senior secretary to President Moon Jae-in from 2017 to 2019.[1]

Jung Tae-ho
정태호
Chair of Strategy and Planning Committee of the Democratic Party
In office
9 September 2020 – May 2021
LeaderLee Nak-yon
Preceded byJin Sung-joon
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2020
Preceded byOh Shin-hwan
ConstituencySeoul Gwanak B
Senior Secretary to the President for Job Creation
In office
27 June 2018 – 26 July 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byBahn Jahng-shick
Succeeded byHwang Duk-soon
Secretary to the President for Policy Planning
In office
29 May 2017 – 26 July 2018
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born (1964-01-23) 23 January 1964 (age 60)
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSeoul National University
University at Albany, SUNY
In this Korean name, the family name is Jung.

Early political career edit

During his undergraduate studies, he led his university branch of student-organised group calling for the U.S. to stop providing legitimacy to authoritarian Chun Doo-hwan regime as its deputy head. After spending over two years in jail for this, he was pardoned.[2] However, he later spent another year in jail for organising labour activism movement.[3]

Political career edit

Jung first entered politics in 1990 when he was employed as one of secretaries to then-parliamentarian Lee Hae-chan.[3] He continued working for Lee when Lee became the Deputy Mayor of Seoul in 1995. In 1997 he joined transition team of then-President-elect Kim Dae-jung as one of administrators.[4] In 2001 he mapped 150 campaign policy promises of Kim's successor, Roh Moo-hyun. After working at Roh's transition team in 2003, he continued working for Roh til 2007 during which he took numerous roles such as his secretary for planning political affairs, policy coordination, planning and coordination and political affairs. He shortly served as his spokesperson in 2006.[5]

In 2015 he stood for the constituency previously held by Lee Hae-chan from its creation in 1988 to 2008 and liberal politician from 2008. However, Chung Dong-young joined the race effectively splitting the votes among liberal voters resulted in electing Oh Shin-hwan from the opposition party. In 2016 general election, Jung lost to Oh again for the similar reason as Lee Haeng-ja (Korean: 이행자) from People's Party Chung co-founded joined the race.[6][5]

In 2017 Jung joined then-presidential candidate Moon Jae-in's campaign as his director of policy situation room responsible of mapping Moon's 100 campaign policy promises.[7] After Moon was elected, Jung was appointed as his Secretary for Policy Planning, one of three secretary-level positions in the Office of the President considered as comparable to Senior Presidential Secretaries. He coordinated socio-economic issues with three senior secretaries at the office of Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy.[8] Jung previously took similar role under President Roh Moo-hyun.[9]

A year later, he was promoted to vice-ministerial-level Senior Presidential Secretary for Jobs Creation.[1] His major achievement includes "Gwangju and Gumi models" which he mediated with local governments, trade union representatives, Hyundai Motors and LG Chem. These models resemble Auto 5000 as they secure the manufacturing jobs in the country by providing their workers benefits and social infrastructure for reduced wages.[10][11][12]

Another year later, he resigned for the upcoming general election. In 2020 general election where two major parties absolutely dominated constituency races all across the country, Jung was elected receiving the majority of votes cast.[13] In June 2020 Jung was appointed by then-party leader Lee Hae-chan as a standing deputy chair of its Policy Planning Committee[14] and a month later a director of the planning team of its K-New Deal Committee. In September 2020 newly elected leader of his party, Lee Nak-yon, appointed him to the same post in K-New Deal Committee and as the chair of Strategy and Planning Committee.[15]

Education edit

Jung holds two degrees - a bachelor in social welfare from Seoul National University and a Master of Public Administration and Policy from University at Albany, SUNY.[7]

Electoral history edit

Election Year District Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
Bi-election 2015 Seoul Gwanak B New Politics Alliance for Democracy 26,427 34.20% Lost
20th National Assembly General Election 2016 Seoul Gwanak B Democratic Party of Korea 44,593 36.35% Lost
21st National Assembly General Election 2020 Seoul Gwanak B Democratic Party of Korea 72,531 53.90% Won

References edit

  1. ^ a b 변, 덕근 (2018-06-26). "President Moon names three new senior aides". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  2. ^ "삼민투사건-"민주주의에 민족과 민중을 더하다"".
  3. ^ a b "새 청와대 대변인 정태호는 누구?". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 2006-04-23. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  4. ^ "정태호 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  5. ^ a b 이, 한재 (2018-07-20). "[Who Is ?] 정태호 청와대 일자리수석비서관". [Who Is ?] 정태호 청와대 일자리수석비서관. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  6. ^ "정태호 "담대한 발상으로 통째 바꿀것"… 오신환 "3선되면 지역문제 해결 큰 힘"".
  7. ^ a b "文정부 핵심, '2전 3기' 정태호 "관악을 통째로 바꾸겠다"". www.dt.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  8. ^ "'권부의 숨은 실세' 청와대 비서관 …'참여정부·친문·개혁성향' 공통분모". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  9. ^ "문재인 정부 청와대는 노무현 정부 닮은꼴?". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  10. ^ "Gov't to expand Gwangju-Hyundai job model". The Korea Times. 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  11. ^ "[전문] 정태호 靑 일자리수석 퇴임 소회..."광주·구미형 일자리 완수하고 떠난다"". NewsPim (in Korean). 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  12. ^ "[정책위키] 한눈에 보는 정책 - 광주형 일자리". www.korea.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  13. ^ "[화제의 당선인]서울 관악을 정태호 당선 확실…오신환 3차전서 패". Newsis (in Korean). 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  14. ^ "민주당, 한병도·김영호 등 정책조정위원장 7명 임명". Newsis (in Korean). 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  15. ^ "與, 전략기획위원장에 靑 일자리수석 지낸 정태호 임명".
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