Moon Myung-soon (Korean: 문명순; Hanja: 文明順; 18 October 1962), also known as Moon Myoung-soon, is a South Korean politician based in Goyang City.
Career
After graduating Seoul Girls' Commercial High School, Moon had worked at Kookmin Bank for three decades.[1] From 2008 to 2011 she led the biggest trade union of Federation of Korean Trade Unions, National Financial industry labour union (Korean: 전국금융산업노동조합),[2] as its senior vice president.[1] Moon holds three degrees - a bachelor in business administration from Korea National Open University, a LLM from Kyung Hee University and a master's in economics from Sogang University.[3]
In the 2012 election, Moon was placed as the number 23 of the proportional representation list of her party but failed to be elected.[4] In 2020 election, Moon ran for the constituency in Goyang City[5] represented by Sim Sang-jung from 2012. Although they were neck and neck in the opinion polls, Moon was defeated by Sim[6] who, according to Moon, has not done anything for the constituency but being the loud mouth and would not be supportive of making Moon Jae-in administration successful.[7]
Moon previously worked for Moon Jae-in's presidential campaigns as the chair of special committee for Financial Economy in 2012 and Financial Consumer Protection in 2017. She is now an advisor to government finance institutions - Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation and Korea Inclusive Finance Agency - and a special member of Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development. She is well known to party members for greeting then-former party leader Moon Jae-in at the Incheon International Airport by herself when he returned to Seoul from Himalayas in 2016.[8]
From 2019 Moon has served as one of vice chairs of Policy Planning Committee of Democratic Party and a member of financial stability task force of its COVID-19 committee.[9]
Electoral history
| Election | Year | District | Party Affiliation | Votes | Percentage of votes | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19st National Assembly General Election | 2012 | Proportional representation | Democratic Party | 7,777,123 | 36.45% | Lost |
| 21st National Assembly General Election | 2020 | Gyeonggi Goyang A | Democratic Party | 39,268 | 27.36% | Lost |
References
- ^ a b "4선고지 진보 거물에 두 정치 신예 맹추격". 고양일보 (in Korean). 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "금융노조·사무금융노조, 김현정 더민주 평택을 후보 '지지선언'". www.youthdaily.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "[대자보] ˝고양시에서 교통 교육 복지 프로젝트 완성하겠다˝". 대자보. 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "민주당 비례대표 23번 문명순, "저도 엄연한 제주인"". 헤드라인제주 (in Korean). 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ Shin, Mitch (2020-04-14). "Korea's election campaign proceeds despite virus". Asia Times. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "Justice Party leader narrowly retains her seat". The Korea Herald. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "문명순 "'말꾼' 심상정, 8년간 무얼 했는지 묻고 싶다"". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 2020-04-04. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "[4.15 핫플] 민주당 문명순 "심상정 중앙에만 몰두,,,주민들 실망 커"". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "문명순 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
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