Seo Cheong-won to challenge for 9th term as Uri Party proportional representative... receives number 2 slot

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] Assemblyman Seo Cheong-won is challenging for his 9th term as a proportional representative. On the 26th, the Our Republican Party, led by Representative Jo Won-jin, announced the list of candidates, selecting Assemblyman Seo as number 2 on the proportional representation list.

Looking at the order, spokesperson Choi Hye-rim was placed at number 1. Number 3 is Chief Spokesperson In Ji-yeon, number 4 is Standing Supreme Council Member Park Tae-woo, and number 5 is Spokesperson Jin Soon-jung.

Assemblyman Seo first entered the National Assembly in the 11th National Assembly election in 1981. Except for the 12th National Assembly election, he was consecutively elected four times in Seoul Dongjak-gap and twice consecutively in Gyeonggi Hwaseong-si-gap. In the 18th National Assembly election in 2008, he was elected as a proportional representative under the Pro-Park Alliance.

Seo, considered the remaining leader of the pro-Park (pro-Park Geun-hye) faction, was affiliated with the Liberty Korea Party (the predecessor of the United Future Party), but left the party after voices for personnel reform grew following the party's defeat in the 2018 local elections. After staying out of the public eye, he joined the Liberty Republican Party, which was formed by the merger of Representative Jo Won-jin and Representative Kim Moon-soo. The Liberty Republican Party changed its name back to Our Republican Party after Kim and other Liberty Unification Party members left the party within three weeks.

Our Republican Party stated that the candidate list was finalized with a 62.6% approval rate from the party's supreme council meeting and the election committee.

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