Granddaughter of Sakhalin Forced Relocation Korean Also Appointed as Co-Head of Election Committee
Youth Aides Appointed for Each General Headquarters

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is attending the Central Election Countermeasures Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 29th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is attending the Central Election Countermeasures Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 29th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

View original image

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Jo Kyung-tae, a five-term member of the People Power Party, and Lee Soo-jung, a professor of criminal psychology at Kyonggi University, have joined the election campaign committee of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, as co-chairs.


On the 29th, Yoon held a campaign committee meeting and approved this additional personnel appointment along with the supreme council members.


The co-chairs of the campaign committee will be Floor Leader Kim Ki-hyun and Policy Committee Chair Kim Do-eup. Dina Rapavo Stryukova, granddaughter of forcibly relocated Sakhalin compatriots and a working mom, was also recruited as a co-chair.


Existing supreme council members Jo Soo-jin, Bae Hyun-jin, Jung Mi-kyung, Kim Yong-tae, and Yoon Young-seok will serve as vice chairs of the campaign committee. Kim Jae-won, who served as head of the Fair Election Promotion Team, was appointed as vice chair and head of the Clean Election Strategy Headquarters.


First-term lawmaker Seo Il-jun was appointed as chief secretary, and lawmaker Yoo Sang-beom as head of the legal support team. Lawmakers Jung Jeom-sik and Park Hyung-soo were appointed as head and deputy head of the Negative Campaign Team, respectively. Lawmaker Lee Man-hee will serve as chief of the executive team, and lawmaker Lee Yong as executive secretary. Former Gwanak District Mayor Yoo Jong-pil was appointed as special advisor.


Ham Kyung-woo, head of the Gwangju Gap party committee, was appointed as deputy head of the public relations team, and Cha Kwang-myung, former advisor to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), was appointed as foreign press spokesperson.



On this day, seven youth aides were appointed to each general headquarters. Youth aide to the candidate includes Kim Seong-yong, former head of the Liberty Korea Party's local committee; youth aide to Kim Byung-joon, standing campaign committee chair, is Jang Neung-in, former emergency committee member of the Liberty Korea Party; youth aide to Joo Ho-young, head of the organization general headquarters, is Park Jin-ho, head of the People Power Party Gimpo Gap local committee; youth aide to Won Hee-ryong, head of the policy general headquarters, is Park Min-young, former youth spokesperson of the Bareun Party. Youth aide to Kwon Seong-dong, head of the comprehensive support general headquarters, is Yoon Hee-jin, former secretary to lawmaker Jo Myung-hee; youth aide to Lee Jun-seok, head of the publicity media general headquarters, is Park Sung-min, former founding committee member of the People Power Party youth wing. Youth aide to Jo Soo-jin, head of the public relations team, is Moon Kyung-jun, former project manager at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.


This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.

© The Asia Business Daily(www.asiae.co.kr). All rights reserved.

Today’s Briefing