Minju Completes Nomination Management Committee Formation... All Members Except Ex Officio Are External Experts

Jojungsik, Kim Byung-gi, Lee Jae-jung... Including 3 Incumbents
15 Appointed Including Im Hyuk-baek... Half of the Committee Are Women

The Democratic Party of Korea has completed the formation of the Central Party Public Official Election Candidate Recommendation Management Committee (Nomination Management Committee), which oversees the nomination process for the general election. Except for ex officio members, all are external figures, with half of the committee members being women.

On the 5th, the Democratic Party approved the formation of the Nomination Management Committee at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly, appointing Professor Emeritus Im Hyuk-baek of Korea University’s Department of Political Science and Diplomacy as the committee chair. Of the 15 committee members including the chair, excluding three incumbent lawmakers, all are external figures. Seven members, accounting for half of the total, are women, and among them, three were appointed as youth representatives.

Hong Ik-pyo, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is presiding over the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 5th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Within the party, Secretary-General Cho Jung-sik was appointed as vice-chair, and Senior Deputy Secretary-General Kim Byung-gi took the role of secretary. The ex officio incumbent member seat was filled by Lee Jae-jung, Chair of the National Women’s Committee.

The external members include ▲ Park Hee-jung, former Youth Policy Coordination Committee member under the Prime Minister’s Office (female, youth) ▲ Park Ki-young, Standing Vice-Chair of the National Public Labor Union Federation (labor) ▲ Park Byung-young, representative of the Good Policy Forum ▲ Song Kyung-jae, professor of Social Economy at Sangji University ▲ Lee Jin-guk, professor at Ajou University Law School ▲ Kim Dae-sik, lawyer at Gangnam Law Firm ▲ Won Soo-yeon, president of the World Webtoon Association (female) ▲ Choi Hwa-in, CEO of Choice Muon Off (female) ▲ Yoo Sa-won, CEO of K-Arts Creative (female) ▲ Park Ji-hee, lawyer at Anmok Law Firm (female, youth) ▲ Choi Jeong-min, lawyer at Jeongse Law Firm (female, youth), totaling 11 members.

Spokesperson Kang Sun-woo told reporters after the Supreme Council meeting that day, "We formed the committee mainly with external figures to pursue candidate screening that meets the public’s expectations," adding, "We made efforts to ensure diversity and innovation."

When asked whether the committee’s formation was approved by party leader Lee Jae-myung while he was hospitalized, Kang said, "The timing of Lee Jae-myung’s approval was decided through the Supreme Council deliberation held in Busan on January 1, before the terrorist incident, not while he was hospitalized."

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