Yang Seung-jo

Yang Seung-jo
양승조
Governor of South Chungcheong Province
In office 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2022
Preceded by	Ahn Hee-jung Namkoong Young (acting)
Succeeded by	Kim Tae-heum
Member of the National Assembly
In office 30 May 2004 – 14 May 2018
Preceded by	Jeon Yong-hak
Succeeded by	Yun Il-gyu
Constituency	Cheonan A (2004–2016) Cheonan C (2016–2018)
Personal details
Born	(1959-03-21) 21 March 1959 (age 67) Cheonan, South Korea
Party	Democratic
Education	Sungkyunkwan University Dankook University
Website	withyang.co.kr
Korean name
Hangul	양승조
Hanja	梁承晁
RR	Yang Seungjo
MR	Yang Sŭngjo

Yang Seung-jo (Korean: 양승조; born 21 March 1959) is a South Korean lawyer and politician who served as the Governor of South Chungcheong Province from 2018 to 2022.

Early life

Yang Seung-jo was born in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province to a Confucian scholar, Yang Tae-seok and his mother, Lee Jong-ki.

He passed the 37th judicial examination in 1995, completed 27 training courses and worked as a lawyer.

Political career

In 2004, Yang Seung-jo ran for a Member of the National Assembly in Cheonan and he won the election. He served as the chief of staff for Chairman of the Democratic Party Sohn Hak-kyu and served as the head of the election campaign committee for Sohn Hak-kyu during the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primary. And he became a member of the Supreme council of the Democratic Party in May 2013.

Yang was elected governor of South Chungcheong Province in the 2018 local elections.

Election results

References

External links

• Official website