Lee Jeong-mi Elected as New Leader of Justice Party

On the 19th, Lee Jeong-mi (left in the photo) and Kim Yoon-gi were selected as the final candidates for the Justice Party leadership election.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] Lee Jeong-mi, former leader, has been elected as the new leader of the Justice Party.

On the 28th, the Justice Party held the 7th new party leader election reporting meeting and announced that former leader Lee received 63.05% (5,426 votes) in the runoff vote. Former Vice Leader Kim Yoon-gi received 36.95% (3,180 votes). In this election, out of a total of 17,591 eligible voters, just over half, 8,842 people, voted.

The new leader Lee previously served as the party leader for two years starting in July 2017, marking her second term as Justice Party leader. Lee, who entered politics in 2000, served as a Supreme Council member of the Unified Progressive Party, Vice Leader and spokesperson of the Justice Party, and was elected as a proportional representative in the 2016 general election, serving as the senior deputy floor leader.

After the local elections, the Justice Party formed an emergency committee in June, with floor leader Lee Eun-ju serving as the emergency committee chairperson, leading the party.

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