Song Ok-joo

Song Ok-joo (Korean: 송옥주; Hanja: 宋玉珠; born 20 December 1965) is a South Korean politician and two-term parliamentarian currently representing Hwaseong at the National Assembly.

Song Ok-joo
송옥주
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2020
ConstituencyGyeonggi Hwaseong A
In office
30 May 2016 – 29 May 2020
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born (1965-12-20) 20 December 1965
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materYonsei University
In this Korean name, the family name is Song.

From 1996 to 2016 Song had worked for her party and its preceding parties in areas of policy coordination, public relations and education.[1] From 2011 to 2012 she was a policy researcher at the National Assembly upon the nomination of her party.[2] In the 2012 general election, she was placed as the number 31 on the proportional representation list of her party. In the 2016 general election, she was placed as the number 3 on the list.

After becoming a parliamentarian in 2016, she took multiple roles in her party such as its spokesperson, deputy floor leader and deputy chair of Policy Planning Committee.[3]

In the 2020 general election, she won the constituency which was previously represented by a senior opposition figure and eight-term parliamentarian, Suh Chung-won, and only taken by opposition parties ever since it was created in 2008.[4]

In 2020 she was elected as the chair of National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee responsible for scrutinising Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Employment and Labor and related agencies.[5]

Song holds two degrees from Yonsei University - a bachelor in communication and a master's in administration.[2]

Electoral history
Election Year District Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
18th National Assembly General Election 2008 Gyeonggi Hwaseong A Democratic Party (2008) 14,107 25.31% Lost
19th National Assembly General Election 2012 Proportional representation Democratic United Party 7,777,123 36.45% Lost
20th National Assembly General Election 2016 Proportional representation Democratic Party 6,069,744 25.54% Won
21st National Assembly General Election 2020 Gyeonggi Hwaseong A Democratic Party 58,689 49.65% Won

References
  1. "[4.13 총선 면면] 더민주, 당직자 송옥주 비례대표 3번 배정". 이투데이 (in Korean). 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. "송옥주 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. "제21대 화성 국회의원 송옥주 선거공약". gg.tgnews.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  4. News), 경기일보(Kyeonggi Daily (2020-04-27). "[4•15 총선 당선자 인터뷰] 화성갑 송옥주 (민주당)". 경기일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  5. "민주당 32년만의 상임위원장 '싹쓸이'…상임위 일제 가동(종합)". 뉴스1 (in Korean). 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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