Choung Byoung-gug
Choung Byoung-gug was born in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea on February 10th, 1958 and is the South Korean Politician. At the age of 66, Choung Byoung-gug biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Choung worked for Kim Young-sam's campaign as the Director of Public Affairs in the 1987 South Korean presidential election. After the election, he served as Kim's secretary in the Reunification Democratic Party between 1988 and 1990, and as secretary in the Democratic Liberal Party (later New Korea Party) between 1990 and 1992. With Kim's victory in the 1992 South Korean presidential election, he was appointed as staff member of the Office of the President at his age of 36, the youngest of any staff member in the Blue House.
During his time as staff member, he participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program run by the U.S. Department of State. He graduated from Yonsei University's Graduate School of Public Administration in 1998.
Choung won in the 2000 South Korean General Election for the Grand National Party and was re-elected in 2004. That year, he received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Sungkyunkwan University. In 2007, he served as the Director of Public Affairs of the Grand National Party and served as its Secretary-General in 2010. He headed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism following his appointment as Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism by President Lee Myung-bak in January 2011.
During his time as Minister, Pyeongchang won its bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Choung was elected for the fourth time in 2012 and was elected again for his fifth term in March 2016. He was one of the few Saenuri incumbents to avoid defeat in the party's disastrous performance in the said election. He is currently serving as Member of Parliament for the Yangpyeong and Yeoju district. In June 2016, he announced his candidacy as Party Leader, but lost.
With the revelations of President Park Geun-hye's political scandals that led to her impeachment, Choung and 33 other Saenuri Assemblymen exited the party. In January 2017, he and his colleagues founded the centre-right leaning Bareun Party. Choung was elected as its first Party Leader.