Yoo Seong-min

Yoo Seong-min
유승민
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 October 2005
Preceded by	Park Chang-dal
Constituency	Dong B (Daegu)
In office 30 May 2004 – 12 October 2005
Constituency	Proportional representation
Personal details
Born	January 7, 1958 Daegu, South Korea
Citizenship	South Korean
Political party	Saenuri Party
Alma mater	Seoul National University University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation	politician, economist
Religion	Buddhism
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Service/branch	Republic of Korea Army
Years of service	1979–1981
Rank	Byeongjang

Korean name
Hangul	유승민
Hanja	劉承旼
Revised Romanization	Yu Seungmin
McCune–Reischauer	Yu Sŭngmin

Yoo Seong-min^{[lower-alpha 1]} (유승민, born January 7, 1958) is a South Korean economist and politician. He is son of late Daegu court chief attorney and parliament member Yoo Soo-ho. He graduated from Seoul National University for Bachelor's degree of economics, and studied abroad at University of Wisconsin–Madison for Ph.D in economics, especially industry organization theory.

He was elected as member of the parliament three times, since 2004.

He was the floor leader for the Saenuri Party in the National Assembly. He resigned from the position in July 2015.^[1][2] After being deselected in the party's nominations process, he stood as an independent in the 2016 general election and was elected. He stated after the election in interview that he would return to the Saenuri Party.^[3]

Notes

1. "Seung-min" in Revised Romanization.

References

1. "Saenuri Party Floor Leader Resigns".
2. "Political Contrast: Saenuri Floor Leader Yoo Seung-min Pursues Liberal Economic Policies, Conservative Security". Business Korea. 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
3. "무소속 유승민 4선 성공 "한번도 새누리당人 아니라고 생각한적 없어"" (in Korean). Korea Economic TV. 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-17.