Chung Woo-taik is a South Korean politician who served as the former Governor of North Chungcheong from 2006 to 2010.
33 Facts About Chung Woo-taik
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Chung Woo-taik is currently the Member of the National Assembly for Sangdang since 2022.
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Chung Woo-taik was firstly elected MP in the 1996 election, and served as a 4-term MP from 1996 to 2004, and again from 2012 to 2020; both term in North Chungcheong.
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Chung Woo-taik then joined to the Grand National Party and ran for North Chungcheong governorship at the 2006 local elections and was elected, but failed to retain a second term.
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Chung Woo-taik was the interim President of the Saenuri Party from 16 to 28 December 2016, and its successor, Liberty Korea Party, from 1 April to 2 July 2017.
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Chung Woo-taik was born in Yeonsan-dong, Busan, South Gyeongsang on 18 February 1953 amid the Korean War.
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Chung Woo-taik was the fourth son to 5 sons and 2 daughters of Park Deuk-ki and Chung Woon-gap, a veteran politician who served as the former Minister of Agriculture and Forestry and a 5-term MP.
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Chung Woo-taik attended Kyunggi High School and Sungkyunkwan University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
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Chung Woo-taik studied together with a junior named Hwang Kyo-ahn, who later became the Prime Minister and the interim President.
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Chung Woo-taik refused it, but instead suggested his younger brother, Chung Woo-taik, to do so.
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Chung Woo-taik contested for Jincheon-Eumseong, where he was the UNP Division Chief, at the 1992 election.
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Chung Woo-taik quit the party after his defeat at the election.
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Chung Woo-taik was firstly elected to the National Assembly at the 1996 election under the Alliance of Liberal Democrats ticket.
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Chung Woo-taik resigned after ALDE withdrew from the cabinet in September 2001.
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The ALDE only secured 4 seats; Chung Woo-taik was defeated by Kim Jong-ryul.
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On 21 September 2005, Chung Woo-taik joined the Grand National Party.
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On 16 April 2006, Chung Woo-taik won GNP preselection, defeating Han Dae-soo and Kim Jin-ho.
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Chung Woo-taik was elected, achieving an overwhelming victory amid the high popularity of the party.
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Chung Woo-taik organised the North Chungcheong Provincial Performing Arts Company, as well as corporate mecenat movements.
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Chung Woo-taik's tenure was faced public criticisms for budget wastes.
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On 20 April 2010, Chung Woo-taik launched his bid for re-election at the 2010 election.
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Chung Woo-taik's defeat was attributed to factors such as the amendment of Sejong by the Lee Myung-bak government.
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On 16 December 2016, shortly after the National Assembly voted in favour of the impeachment of Park Geun-hye, Chung Woo-taik was elected parliamentary leader of the Saenuri Party, defeating Na Kyung-won.
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On 27 December 2021, Chung Woo-taik announced he would contest at the 2022 Sangdang by-election, which was triggered following the election of Jeong Jeong-soon was declared void on 1 September.
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Chung Woo-taik won People Power Party preselection, defeating Yoon Gap-geun.
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Chung Woo-taik is critical towards the Moon Jae-in government's nuclear power phase-out, saying that it will critically damage the overall industries of South Korea.
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On 19 September 1996, Chung Woo-taik provoked a controversy when he assaulted an NCNP MP Bang Yong-seok during a parliamentary session.
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People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, a non-governmental organisation, condemned Chung Woo-taik and filed lawsuit against him 4 days later.
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On 12 September 2016, Chung Woo-taik made a Facebook post, where he wrote that the 2016 Gyeongju earthquake was due to North Korean nuclear test 3 days ago.
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Chung Woo-taik added that the nuclear test increased the possibility of the eruption of Mount Baekdu.
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On 6 June 2017, Chung Woo-taik sparked another controversy when he was allegedly sleeping at the 62nd Memorial Day Ceremony.
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Chung Woo-taik denied that he was sleeping, but adding that he was just listening with closing his two eyes.
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Chung Woo-taik is a Protestant, although he grew up in a strict Confucianist family.