Reelected Lee Yang-su Appointed as Ruling Party Chief Deputy Floor Leader... Jang Dong-hyeok and Jeon Ju-hye as Floor Spokespersons

Lee Yang-su, a two-term member of the National Assembly, was appointed as the new Senior Deputy Floor Leader of the People Power Party. The new floor spokespersons are first-term members Jang Dong-hyeok and Jeon Ju-hye, who were respectively retained and reappointed.

People Power Party lawmaker Lee Yang-su Photo by Yonhap News

On the 13th, the People Power Party held a party meeting and approved the formation of the new floor leadership team with these appointments.

The new Senior Deputy Floor Leader, Lee, represents the electoral district of Sokcho, Inje, Goseong, and Yangyang in Gangwon Province and is a two-term lawmaker. He is classified as a pro-Yoon Seok-yeol faction member, having served as the chief spokesperson in the central election committee during the last presidential election. Under the emergency response committee led by Chung Jin-seok, he served as the party’s strategic planning deputy head. Floor Leader Yoon Jae-ok reportedly selected Lee as Senior Deputy Floor Leader considering his negotiation skills with the opposition and regional balance.

The deputy floor leadership team consists of ten members: Kim Young-sik, Baek Jong-heon, Seo Beom-su, Eom Tae-young, Lim Byung-heon, Lee In-seon, Seo Jeong-sook, Jo Myeong-hui, Jeong Gyeong-hee, and Ji Seong-ho. After the party meeting, Floor Leader Yoon told reporters, "Among the positions that can ensure regional balance, the most important are the Senior Deputy Floor Leader and the floor spokespersons," adding, "We tried to exclude the Yeongnam region as much as possible in the appointments."

Floor Leader Yoon also retained first-term lawmaker Jeong Hee-yong, representing Goryeong, Seongju, and Chilgok in North Gyeongsang Province, as the floor leader’s secretary general.

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