Assemblyman Byeon Jae-il to Serve as Chair of the Ruling Party's Semiconductor Special Committee

(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Hyuntae = Byun Jae-il, Chairman of the Policy Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, is giving an opening remark at the Policy Coordination Meeting held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 26th. 2016.5.26

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] Byun Jae-il, a five-term member of the Democratic Party of Korea, was appointed as the chairman of the party's Semiconductor Special Committee on the 12th.

Song Young-gil, the party leader, announced at the on-site Supreme Council meeting held at Pyeongtaek Port Authority on the same day, "With the launch of the new leadership, the special committees on real estate, vaccines, and semiconductors have been formed with Kim Jin-pyo, Jeon Hye-sook, and Byun Jae-il as members." Previously, Yang Hyang-ja, who was appointed as the special committee chairperson when Yoon Ho-jung, the floor leader, concurrently served as the party's emergency committee chairman, took on the role of secretary.

Byun, who has served five consecutive terms representing Cheongwon, Chungbuk, is currently active in the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee. During the 20th National Assembly, he also served as a member of the Future Creation Science Broadcasting and Communications Committee and the Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee. Byun previously served as the party policy chief under Moon Hee-sang's Democratic United Party emergency committee leadership in 2013 and under Kim Jong-in's emergency committee leadership in 2016.

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