Ahn Gyu-baek
| Ahn Gyu-baek | |
|---|---|
| 안규백 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 30 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Chang Kwang-keun |
| Constituency | Seoul Dongdaemun A |
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In office 30 May 2008 – 29 May 2012 | |
| Constituency | Proportional representation |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 April 1961 Gochang, North Jeolla, South Korea |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Political party | Minjoo Party of Korea |
| Alma mater | Sungkyunkwan University |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Website | safe100.or.kr |
| Ahn Gyu-baek | |
| Hangul | 안규백 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 安圭伯 |
| Revised Romanization | An Gyubaek |
| McCune–Reischauer | An Kyubaek |
Ahn Gyu-baek (Hangul: 안규백; hanja: 安圭伯; born 29 April 1961) is a South Korean politician in the liberal Minjoo Party of Korea. He has been a member of the National Assembly for Dongdaemun, Seoul, since 2012, and previously served as a party list member from 2008 to 2012.
Ahn was appointed deputy floor leader of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, the Minjoo Party's predecessor, on 12 October 2014,[1] remaining in that position for seven months.[2] He was praised by his Saenuri Party counterpart, Cho Hae-jin, who described him as having an "honest and upright" character and "always thinking of his country first".[lower-alpha 1] He subsequently became head of strategy and public relations for the NPAD on 23 June 2015.[3]
A ranking member of the Assembly's National Defense Committee,[4] Ahn has been a critic of South Korea's defense policy. In 2011 he stated that draft-dodging had doubled under the Lee Myung-bak administration,[5] and at the end of 2015 he attacked Park Geun-hye's government for signing an intelligence cooperation agreement with Japan and the United States, stating that "it is against all reason to give [Korea's] advanced information" to Japan given its colonial history in the peninsula and continuing territorial claims over the Liancourt Rocks.[6] In June 2015, he introduced a bill to honor the veterans of the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong, an armed confrontation with North Korea that had taken place in 2002.[7]
Born in Gochang County in North Jeolla, Ahn attended high school in Gwangju, and studied Eastern philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University as an undergraduate before earning a masters degree at the university's Department of Commerce and Trade.[8][9]
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References
- ↑ "새정치연합 원내수석부대표에 안규백…원내대변인에 박완주·서영교" [Ahn Gyu-baek to become New Politics Alliance for Democracy deputy floor leader ... Pak Wan-ju and Seo Yeong-gyo as Assembly spokespeople]. ChosunBiz (in Korean). 12 October 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- 1 2 ""안규백, 통합의 정치에 적임인 리더"" ["Ahn Gyu-baek, a leader fit for the politics of unity"]. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 5 October 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ "Opposition divided over key post". The Korea Times. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ ""삼성 때문에…" 공사강행 기업 탓 돌린 국방장관" ["Because of Samsung...": Defense Minister turns to blame company rushing construction]. Jejusori (in Korean). 23 January 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ "MB정부 3년새 병역기피 두배로" [Draft evasion doubles in 3 years of MB government]. The Hankyoreh. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ "Intelligence pact derided by the North". Korea JoongAng Daily. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ "Defense chief calls 2nd Yeonpyeong Naval Battle victorious". The Korea Times. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ "성균관대(학부) 출신 현직(19대) 국회의원" [Current Assemblymen who are former Sungkyunkwan undergraduates] (in Korean). Sungkyunkwan University.
- ↑ Ahn, Gyu-baek. "프로필" [Profile]. Retrieved 19 April 2016.