Average Age of Justice Party Proportional Primary Candidates 44.8 Years... Including Former MP Lee Jasmin

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] The Justice Party announced on the 21st that the average age of candidates registered for the proportional representation primary is 44.8 years old. The youngest candidate is 27 years old.

A total of 41 candidates registered, including 37 on the competitive list and 4 on the non-competitive list. This is 7.7 years younger compared to the average age of 52.5 years among the 158 proportional representation candidates in the 20th National Assembly.

There are 2 candidates in their 20s and 9 candidates in their 30s, making the 20s and 30s age group account for 26.8% of all candidates. The list also includes 1 immigrant candidate and 1 LGBTQ+ candidate. Female candidates, subject to a quota of over 50%, number 20 (16 competitive, 4 non-competitive), and youth candidates aged 35 or younger number 10 (9 competitive, 1 non-competitive).

There are 4 candidates with disabilities, subject to a quota of over 10% (3 competitive, 1 non-competitive), and a farmer/fisher candidate assigned within the top 14 positions also registered.

Youth and female candidates include Ryu Hojung (27), Chair of the Justice Party IT Industry Labor Special Committee (Head of Publicity and Promotion at the Korean Federation of Textile, Food, and Chemical Workers' Unions), Moon Jeongeun (33), former Justice Party Vice-Chair (former Director of Gwangju Metropolitan Youth Center), Jang Hyeyoung (32), Chair of the Justice Party Future Politics Special Committee (director of the documentary "When I Become an Adult"), Jeong Minhui (30), Vice-Chair of the Gangnam District Committee in Seoul (President of Shimcrush, a fan club of lawmaker Sim Sang-jung), and Jo Hyemin (29), Head of the Justice Party Women's Headquarters (Secretary-General of the Gender Politics Research Institute Ye.Se.Yeon).

Youth candidates also include Kim Yongjun (34), Chief Lawyer at the Law Office Majung (Chair of the Justice Party Industrial Accident Special Committee), Kim Changin (29), representative of "Democratic Socialists" (known for opposing university corporatization and declaring withdrawal from Chung-Ang University), Bae Junho (35), former Justice Party Vice-Chair (co-representative of Beyond Progress), and Lim Pureun (35), Executive Director of the Chungnam Coalition for the Enactment of Anti-Discrimination Law (Team Leader of the Transgender Queer Rights Team at Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea).

Candidates with disabilities include Bae Bokju (48), former representative of the National Sexual Violence Counseling Center Council (former non-standing commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission), Lee Youngseok (49), Chair of the Justice Party UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Special Committee (person with a disability, former Chair of the Justice Party Disability Committee), and Park Jonggyun (53), Chair of the Justice Party Disability Committee (person with a disability, professor at Nazareth University).

Former lawmaker Lee Jasmin (43) was also listed under the female quota.

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