Jun Hee-kyung

Jun Hee-kyung (Korean: 전희경, born 9 October 1975) is a South Korean conservative[1] politician who is a member of the National Assembly from right-wing Liberty Korea Party (LKP) since 2016. Before joining the politics, she was the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics.[2][3]

Jun Hee-kyung
전희경
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2016
ConstituencyProportional
Personal details
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975
Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyLiberty Korea Party
Other political
affiliations		Saenuri Party (2016-2017)
Alma materEwha Womans University
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Jun was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul[3] but grown up and educated in Uijeongbu after her father's business failure.[1] According to her, she was an introvert and liked to think about something during this time.[1] She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration from Ewha Womans University.[2]

She served as the policy director of Citizens United for Better Society[3] from 2006 to 2012,[1] policy team leader of Korea Economic Research Institute from 2012 to 2014, and the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics[3] (then Centre for Free Enterprise) from 2014 to 2016. She also represented Saenuri Party (then Liberty Korea Party) during the history textbook controversies in 2015.[3][4]

Prior to 2016 election, Jun was brought into the Saenuri Party.[5][4] She ran 9th in the Saenuri list and elected for the National Assembly.[2][3] During the presidential election in 2017, she was appointed as the spokesperson of the LKP's presidential candidate, Hong Jun-pyo.[3]

She is socially conservative, who opposes same-sex marriage[6][7] and advocates harsher immigration policy.[8]

Controversies

In 2016, she faced a criticism regarding with her thesis plagiarism in Ewha University.[2] It was reported that about 79% of her thesis was plagiarised from the others.[2] On 23 March 2017, she gave her degree up.[9]

Jun received another protests after her controversial remarks towards Im Jong-seok.[10][11]

References
  1. "보수 '잔 다르크' 국회의원 전희경, 행상 할머니에 울던 소녀가 '피도 눈물도 없는 전사(戰士)'가 되다!". 29 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. "[단독] '국정화 전도사' 새누리 비례후보 전희경 '논문 표절'". 11 April 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. "[레이더P] [대선후보 돕는 사람들] 홍준표…당인사+경남도청 인맥 주축". 18 April 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. "'역사교과서 국정화 전도사' 전희경, 새누리 비례대표 후보 신청". 13 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. "새누리당, 1차 인재영입 6명 중 5명 '젊은 변호사'". 10 January 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. "해외 반동성애 인사 초청 강연에 자리 깔아 준 국회, '국제적 망신 자초'". 2 June 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. "김이수 이어 김명수…보수야당 '동성애 혐오' 새 색깔론". 15 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  8. "김진태 '전세계 좌파 똘똘 뭉쳐 기존 질서 흔드는 게 난민 문제'". 12 July 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  9. "전희경 논문표절 인정, 의원직 사퇴는?". 4 May 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  10. "전희경 "주사파 청와대"에…임종석 "그게 질의인가"". 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  11. "전희경-임종석·정의용 충돌…"주사파 靑 장악" vs "매우 유감"". 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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