Hong Moon-jong

Hong Moon-jong (Korean: 홍문종; born 26 May 1955) is a South Korean politician who served as the Member of the National Assembly for Uijeongbu 2nd constituency.[1][2] He also served as the Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party.[2][3] He is the son of the late former politician Hong Woo-jun.

In this Korean name, the family name is Hong.
Hong Moon-jong
홍문종
President of the New Pro-Park Party
Assumed office
25 February 2020
Preceded byPosition established
President of the Our Republican Party
In office
24 June 2019
Serving with Cho Won-jin
as President of Korean Patriots' Party: 17 June 2019 - 24 June 2019 – 10 February 2020
Preceded byCho Won-jin
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byKang Sung-jong
Succeeded byKim Min-chul
ConstituencyUijeongbu 2nd
In office
25 April 2003 – 13 July 2004
Preceded byMoon Hee-sang
Succeeded byMoon Hee-sang (1st)
Kang Sung-jong (2nd)
ConstituencyUijeongbu
In office
30 May 1996 – 29 May 2000
Preceded byMoon Hee-sang
Succeeded byMoon Hee-sang
Personal details
Born (1955-05-26) 26 May 1955
Yangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyPro-Park New Party
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Liberal Party (1995)
New Korea Party (1995-1997)
National Party - New (1997-1998)
National Congress for New Politics (1998-2000)
Grand National Party (2002-2006)
Saenuri Party (2012-2017)
Liberty Korea Party (2017-2019)
Korean Patriots' Party (2019)
Our Republican Party (2019-2020)
Spouse(s)Lee So-young
ParentsHong Woo-jun
RelativesSee Namyang Hong clan
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationPolitician
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHong Mun-jong
McCune–ReischauerHong Mun-chong

Born at Yangju, Hong studied at Harvard University.[2] He started his political career when he entered to the Democratic Liberal Party (then New Korea Party aka NKP) in 1995.[3] During the general election in 1996,[3] he defeated Moon Hee-sang from the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP). In 1997, he left the NKP and joined the National Party - New (NPN) in order to endorse Lee In-je as the upcoming President. Hong stood up as a nonpartisan candidate in 2000[3] despite of his lost. He temporarily came back as MP after the by-election in 2003, till he lost just after a year.

After involving several controversies,[3] Hong officially came back as MP in 2012.[3] He was then re-elected in 2016. As one of the politicians supporting ex-President Park Geun-hye,[2][4] he endorsed her as President in 2007.[3] He unsuccessfully ran as the parliamentary leader of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) in 2017.[4]

In 2019, Hong announced to leave the LKP.[5][6] A minor political party named the Korean Patriots' Party elected Hong as the party president along with incumbent Cho Won-jin,[5][6] and the party officially changed their name as the Our Republican Party (ORP).

On 10 February 2020, Hong was sacked from the ORP after long-time conflicts with Cho.[7] He then formed the new party named Pro-Park New Party.[8]

References
  1. Herald, The Korea (2018-03-03). "Opposition lawmaker to be summoned as bribery suspect". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  2. "전철·도로 등 복합교통망 구축… 반환 공여지 규제완화 박차". 27 April 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. "친박 홍문종 사무총장 "민주당 나라 팔아먹을 사람들" 막말". 27 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. "[주간한국] [김형준 명지대 교수 칼럼] 심판대에 선 여야 정당 국민 지지 받는 길은". 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. "한국당 공천 물갈이론 술렁, 홍문종 "50명 탈당" 한다는데···". 16 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  6. "대한애국당, 홍문종 공동대표로 추대..."신공화당 만들 준비"". 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  7. "홍문종이 우리공화당에서 제명됐다". 12 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  8. "홍문종, '친박신당' 창당…"국회 폐쇄, 창당 방해 음모"". 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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