Chang Sŏng-min

Chang Sŏng-min (장성민; born 5 September 1963) is a South Korean politician. He was formerly the president of the Grand National United Party.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Chang.

Biography

Chang was born in Goheung County, South Jeolla Province. He started his political career under former president Kim Dae-jung. He was elected to the National Assembly as a member of Millennium Democratic Party in 2000, but lost in 2002 due to his violation of election law.[2]

In 2012, he became one of the hosts of the television show Chang Sŏng-min's Issue Tank.[3]

Controversy

While he was working at Chang Sŏng-min's Issue Tank, he was involved in controversies about reporting that the Gwangju Uprising was supported by North Korea.[4] Although he denied it, the controversy was taken seriously.[4]

He declared that he would run for the upcoming presidential election as a member of People's Party.[3] He registered to enter for the party, however, the party rejected his bid.[5] Because of that, he was forced to create a new party with the name of Grand National United Party.

After GNUP was dissolved, in March 2018, he entered to Bareunmirae Party.[6]

References
  1. "대표인삿말". Grand National United Party. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. "장성민 의원직 상실". The Hankyoreh. 22 January 2002. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. "장성민, 그는 누구?…'DJ정부 비서실 정무비서관'". Top Star News. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. "장성민 '5.18 폄훼 발언 한적 없다'". No Cut News. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018 – via Naver News.
  5. "장성민, 국민의당 입당 거부당해...'5.18 민주화운동 폄훼'". Kookje Shinmun. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=417&aid=0000305378
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