Cho Won-jin

Cho Won-jin (born 7 January 1959) is a South Korean conservative pro-Park Geun-hye politician who served as the break-away Saenuri Party's presidential candidate in the 2017 presidential election. He had been a member of the Liberty Korea Party prior to that, representing Dalseo District, Daegu in the National Assembly since first being elected in the 2008 elections.[1][2] Cho vowed to become "a patriotic president to set the Republic of Korea straight", and pledged to boost the status of the country's war heroes and "correct distortions" in public education allegedly resulting from the domination of teaching unions, traditionally leftist.[3] He is a pro-China and supports common economic development between China and South Korea.[4] He also supports Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping and his anti-corruption campaign.[5] He has also met with Xi Jinping in 2009 as member of National Assembly.[6] He previously lived and worked in China for over 15 years.

In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.
Cho Won-jin
조원진
President of Our Republican Party
Assumed office
27 June 2019
Serving with Hong Moon-jong (until 10 February 2020)
Preceded byHimself (as the President of Korean Patriots' Party)
Succeeded byParty dissolved
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2008
ConstituencyDalseo District
President of the Korean Patriots' Party
In office
8 July 2017 – 27 June 2019
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished (himself as the President of Our Republic)
Personal details
Born (1959-01-07) 7 January 1959
Political partyOur Republic
Other political
affiliations		Korean Patriots' Party (2017-2019)
Saenuri Party (2017) (2017)
Liberty Korea Party (until 2017)
Alma materHankuk University of Foreign Studies Yeungnam University
Korean name
Hangul
조원진
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJo Wonjin
McCune–ReischauerCho Wŏnjin

References
  1. "Park loyalist hints at presidential run with revived Saenuri Party". Korea Herald. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. Yeo, Jun-suk (1 April 2016). "Election 2016: Conservatives battle in Saenuri stronghold". Korea Herald. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. Jackson, Ben (12 April 2017). "Saenuri Party Is Back. No, Not That Saenuri". Korea Exposé. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. 친일보다 친중이 매국노다 조원진은 친중 북폭반대자다 > 자유게시판 | 지만원의 시스템클럽. www.systemclub.co.kr. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  5. 조원진, 오늘 ‘시진핑 반부패 정책…’ 세미나. 대구신문 (in Korean). 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  6. 조원진 의원, 시진핑 중국 국가 부주석 면담. m.dgn.or.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-09-14.
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