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Yoo Jeong-bok

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Yoo Jeong-bok
유정복
Mayor of Incheon
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2022
Preceded byPark Nam-choon
In office
1 July 2014 – 30 June 2018
Preceded bySong Young-gil
Succeeded byPark Nam-choon
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2004 – 31 March 2014
Preceded byPark Jong-woo
Succeeded byHong Chul-ho
ConstituencyGimpo (Gyeonggi-do)
Minister of Security and Public Administration
In office
13 March 2013 – 6 March 2014
PresidentPark Geun-hye
Prime MinisterChung Hong-won
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKang Byung-kyu
Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
30 August 2010 – 1 June 2011
PresidentLee Myung-bak
Prime MinisterKim Hwang-sik
Preceded byJang Tae-pyung
Succeeded bySeo Kyu-yong
Personal details
Born (1957-06-17) 17 June 1957 (age 67)
Incheon, South Korea
Political partyPeople Power Party
Alma materYonsei University
Seoul National University
ReligionRoman Catholic
(Christian name : Paul)
Korean name
Hangul
유정복
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu Jeongbok
McCune–ReischauerYu Chŏngbŏk

Yoo Jeong-bok (Korean: 유정복; Hanja: 劉正福; born 17 June 1957) is a South Korean public servant and politician who is the current mayor of Incheon since July 1, 2022 and was also from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018.

Life

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Yoo Jeong-bok was born on 17 June 1957, in Songrim-dong of Dong District, Incheon. His parents were Internally displaced person from Cheongdan area, Hwanghae Province[1][2]

He passed the civil service exam in his last year of college. After serving in the military, he became a public servant.[3] In 1994, he was appointed a mayor of Gimpo County. He agreed absorption of Geomdan Myeon into Incheon and appointed as a mayor of Seo District, Incheon, which absorbed Geomdan Myeon.[4][5] In 1995, South Korea expanded local autonomy. He resigned to run for 1995 South Korean local elections and elected as a mayor of Gimpo County.[6] In 1998, Gimpo County was promoted to Gimpo city. He served two terms for Mayor of Gimpo. After the loss in 2002 South Korean local elections, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly to represent Gimpo three times since 2004.[7] In 2014, he resigned his seat in the National Assembly to run for Mayor of Incheon and elected.[8] He lost in 2018 election but he was elected in 2022.[8]

On 31 August 2022, he announced administrative reorganization plans for Incheon. Geomdan will become a new separate District from Seo District. Old downtown area of Jung District and Dong District District will be merged into Jemulpo District and Yeongjong-Yongyu will be an independent Yeongjong District. Mayors of Jung, Dong and Seo District agreed this proposal.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "자동등록방지를 위해 보안절차를 거치고 있습니다". 5donews.co.kr. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ After Division of Korea, Ilsin-myeon, Byeokseong County was incorporated into Yeonbaek County of South Korea. During Korean War, North Korea created Chongdan County to control former eastern Byeokseong County.
  3. ^ 굿모닝인천 7월(2022)
  4. ^ "유정복 "여당 지도부 분란 바람직하지 않아…국민 수준 높아져"". 28 June 2022.
  5. ^ "네이버 뉴스 라이브러리".
  6. ^ "유정복 인천시장 당선자". 2 June 2022.
  7. ^ "[Who is ?] 유정복 인천광역시 시장". 20 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b "서울특별시 미디어재단 TBS".
  9. ^ "인천 행정체제 개편, 군수·구청장 대체로 찬성 '주민수용성' 관건". 13 September 2022.


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