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Yoo Eun-hae

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In this Korean name, the family name is Yoo.
Yoo Eun-hae
유은혜
Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
2 October 2018 – 9 May 2022
Serving with Hong Nam-ki
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Chung Sye-kyun
Hong Nam-ki (acting)
Kim Boo-kyum
Preceded byKim Sang-gon
Succeeded byPark Soon-ae
Minister of Education
In office
2 October 2018 – 9 May 2022
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterChung Sye-kyun
Preceded byKim Sang-gon
Succeeded byPark Soon-ae
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byBaek Sung-woon
Succeeded byHong Jung-min
ConstituencyGoyang C
Personal details
Born (1962-10-02) 2 October 1962 (age 62)
Seoul, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSungkyunkwan University
Ewha Womans University
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Yoo Eun-hae
Hangul
유은혜
Hanja
兪銀惠
Revised RomanizationYu Eunhye
McCune–ReischauerYu Ŭnhye

Yoo Eun-hae (Korean: 유은혜; 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

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Election Year District Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
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

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  1. ^ 김, 지연 (2022-02-16). 유은혜, 경기지사 불출마…역대 최장수 교육부 장관 된다(종합2보). Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ^ "(profile) New education minister nominee is two-term lawmaker well-versed in education policy".
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