People Power Party's Supreme Council Approves Personnel Plan on 26th
Current and Former Metropolitan Area Lawmakers Including Park Seong-jung and Oh Shin-hwan Participate
One Member Each Born in the 1990s and 2000s Included

The People Power Party Innovation Committee completed the appointment of its members on the 26th and officially began its activities. The committee consists of a total of 13 members, including the chairman.


On the same day, the People Power Party approved the appointment plan for the Innovation Committee members at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly. Before the approval, Kim Ki-hyun, the leader of the People Power Party, stated, "I understand that Chairman In Yo-han carefully listened to various opinions and recommendations from those around him and earnestly consulted with each individual before appointing the members." He added, "Our attitude toward innovation is important. Every member of our party must participate in the party's change and reform with the urgent mindset that completing the party's innovation starts with myself," showing support for the Innovation Committee.


Professor In Yo-han of Yonsei University College of Medicine, appointed as the Innovation Committee Chair of the People Power Party, is answering questions from the press after meeting with key party officials at the People Power Party Central Party Office in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the 23rd. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Professor In Yo-han of Yonsei University College of Medicine, appointed as the Innovation Committee Chair of the People Power Party, is answering questions from the press after meeting with key party officials at the People Power Party Central Party Office in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the 23rd. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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This Innovation Committee includes current and former lawmakers based in the metropolitan area. This is interpreted as a will to address the metropolitan crisis theory confirmed by the defeat in the Seoul Gangseo District Office by-election. Among current lawmakers, Park Sung-joong (Seoul Seocho-eul, re-elected) is the only participant. Park served as the secretary of the Science, Technology, and Education Subcommittee in President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's transition committee and is classified as pro-Yoon faction. Among former lawmakers, Kim Kyung-jin, a former prosecutor and chairman of the Seoul Dongdaemun party committee, and Oh Shin-hwan, former deputy mayor for political affairs of Seoul and chairman of the Seoul Gwangjin party committee, will participate together.


Additionally, the committee includes Jung Sun-hwa, adjunct professor in the Department of Health and Medical Informatics at Dongguk University WISE Campus; Jung Hae-yong, former deputy mayor for economic affairs of Daegu; and lawyer Lee So-hee. Emma Lee, professor at Kyung Hee University International College; Lim Jang-mi, CEO of MyPetPlus; Park So-yeon, clinical assistant professor of pediatric dentistry at Seoul Asan Hospital; Choi Anna, professor of public administration at Sejong University; Song Hee, former anchor at Daegu MBC; and Park Woo-jin, student council president of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at Kyungpook National University, born in the 2000s, are also members of the committee.



In terms of gender composition, the committee consists of 6 men and 7 women, with 4 members born in the 1980s, and one member each born in the 1990s and 2000s.


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