Kim Moo-sung

Kim Moo-sung (born 20 September 1951) is a South Korean politician as a member of the Liberty Korea Party. He was previously the Saenuri Party leader from 2014 to 2016.[1][2]

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Moo-sung
김무성
Chairman of the Saenuri Party
In office
14 July 2014 – 14 April 2016
Preceded byLee Wan-koo (Interim)
Succeeded byWon Yoo-chul (acting)
Member of the National Assembly
In office
25 April 2013 – 30 May 2020
Preceded byLee Jae-kyun
Succeeded byHwangbo Seunghee
ConstituencyYeongdo (–Jung from 2016)
In office
30 May 1996 – 29 May 2012
Preceded byYoo Heung-soo
Succeeded bySuh Yong-kyo
ConstituencyNam B (Busan)
Personal details
Born (1951-09-20) 20 September 1951
Busan, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyLiberty Korea
Other political
affiliations		Bareun Party (2016-2017)
Alma materHanyang University
OccupationPolitician
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Mu-seong
McCune–ReischauerKim Mu-sŏng

Education[3]

Kim graduated from Joongdong High School in Seoul in 1970. He graduated from Hanyang University in 1976, majoring in business administration. He also took courses on public policy in Korea University in 1999.

Kim received honorary doctorate degrees from the following institutions: Doctor of Policy from Pukyong National University (2003), Doctor of Public Administration from Korea Maritime and Ocean University (2006) and Honorary Doctor of Political Science from Dongguk University (2015).

Political career

Kim was first elected to the National Assembly representing the Nam District of Busan in 1996 as a member of the then-ruling New Korea Party. He was subsequently elected three more times from the same district and in 2008 was forced to run as an independent after losing renomination from his own party. He again failed to win renomination for the same constituency in 2012 and temporarily left politics between 2012 and 2013. He ran as the Saenuri Party candidate in a by-election held in Yeongdo District, Busan, and won his fifth term in the National Assembly in 2013. In 2014, he was elected leader of the ruling Saenuri Party. However, he resigned in April 2016 after the defeat of Saenuri Party in the National Assembly.

Potential candidacy for presidency

In a 2015 interview, Kim said he was "not yet qualified to be president".[4] In November 2016, he suspended his presidential campaign process and declared that he would joint the impeachment process against President Park Geun-hye.

"Charcoal" skin color remarks

Kim faced criticism for comparing the skin color of a black Nigerian student to that of charcoal briquettes.[5] He later apologized to the Yeungnam University student on 18 December 2015.[6]

"No look pass"

Kim went viral both in Korea and abroad after he was filmed at an airport arrival area. He slid over a bright light green suitcase manner to his assistant without having looked over where he was passing the suitcase off to. This prompted him to be featured on international media outlets, as well as criticized by some as looking elitist and condescending.[7][8]

Family during Japanese Occupation

During World War II in the period of Japanese Occupation, Kim's father was a collaborator who reported urged Koreans to make donations to support Japan's war efforts.[9][10]

References
  1. "Saenuri Party elects Rep. Kim Moo-sung as new chairman". The Korea Herald. July 14, 2014.
  2. "Ruling party reeling from election rout: Saenuri to launch emergency leadership, take in defectors". The Korea Herald. April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  3. "Politician's suitcase incident goes viral for summing up entitled middle-aged men". The Independent. 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  4. "Kim Moo-sung says he's not yet qualified to be president". The Hankyoreh. August 1, 2015.
  5. "Rep. Kim Moo-sung sorry for skin-color joke". The Korea Times. December 18, 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015.
  6. "Saenuri chief apologizes for racist remark". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  7. "Politician's suitcase incident goes viral for summing up entitled middle-aged men". The Independent. 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  8. "South Korean politician criticized for 'no-look' luggage toss at Seoul airport". Fox News. 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  9. Koo, Se-Woong (2016-02-09). "Seoul's Colonial Boomerang". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  10. ‘친일’ 김무성 아버지가 애국자로 둔갑하고 있다 (in Korean). 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
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