Yoo Seung-min Launches Reform Conservative Coalition 'Hope Camp' in Full Swing: "We Will Definitely Win"

Yu Uidong Head of Functional Headquarters, Oh Shinhwan Chief of General Situation Room
Kim Seyon, Chair of Future Strategy Special Committee
Kim Woong, Min Hyunju, Lee Suhee, and other spokespersons

Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min. / Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min, a presidential candidate from the People Power Party, unveiled his campaign team on the 9th. Former lawmaker Kim Se-yeon will serve as the chair of the Future Strategy Special Committee, marking a significant consolidation of reformist conservative forces.

On this day, Yoo’s presidential election campaign committee, the ‘Hope Camp,’ introduced its first round of appointments. Yoo’s political partner, lawmaker Yoo Ui-dong, was appointed head of the Vocational Headquarters, and former lawmaker Oh Shin-hwan was named chief of the General Situation Room.

Lawmaker Kim Woong, former lawmaker Min Hyun-joo, and attorney Lee Soo-hee will serve as spokespersons. Additionally, Ryu Hye-ju, a university student who reached the round of 16 in the People Power Party spokesperson debate battle ‘I am Gukdae,’ former Bareunmirae Party spokesperson Kwon Sung-joo, Seongnam city councilor Lee Ki-in, director Lee Hyo-won, and Choi Woong-joo, head of the Local Autonomy Research Institute Sagye, joined the spokesperson team. Former lawmaker Kim Soo-min was appointed head of the Public Relations Headquarters.

Lawmaker Kim Ye-ji will be in charge of disability policy and simultaneously serve as the ‘chief harsh critic.’ A camp official explained, “The chief harsh critic acts as a kind of red team (a team tasked with identifying vulnerabilities within the organization by playing an attacking role).”

Former lawmaker Hong Cheol-ho was appointed special advisor team leader. Former lawmaker Kim Soo-min serves as head of the Public Relations Headquarters, lawmaker Kang Dae-sik as head of the External Cooperation Headquarters, and lawmaker Kim Byung-wook as chief of the Executive Team. Former lawmaker Lee Jong-hoon, lawmaker Yoo Kyung-joon, and lawmaker Shin Won-sik were appointed heads of the Policy Headquarters.

Lawmaker Kim Hee-guk, former lawmaker Koo Sang-chan, and former lawmaker Kim Sung-dong were appointed heads of the Organization Headquarters. Former Minister of Health and Welfare Jin Soo-hee was named senior political advisor, former two-term lawmaker and honorary professor of pediatric cardiology at Seoul Asan Medical Center Park In-sook was appointed senior health and medical advisor, former lawmaker Lee Jung-sun was appointed senior disability policy advisor, special professor Yoo Sung-sik of Suwon University was appointed senior public relations advisor, and former ambassador to Finland Kim Soo-kwon and former head of the Korea Legal Information Service and former Consul General in Chicago Heo Cheol joined as senior foreign affairs advisors.

Former lawmaker Yoo said, “I am truly pleased to start the Hope Camp with comrades who have braved thorny paths together over the years and who are united by a reformist will for a bright future of the Republic of Korea. We will surely win. We will create a successful government that delivers new hope to the people and solves the problems of the era.”

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