1. Lee In-young is a South Korean activist and politician who served as the Minister of Unification from 2020 to 9 May 2022.
20 Facts About Lee In-young
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Lee In-young has been the Member of the National Assembly for Guro 1st constituency from 2004 to 2008 and since 2012.
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Lee In-young's father, Lee Moon-heum, was a primary school teacher.
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Lee In-young was educated at Chungju High School and completed a bachelor's degree in Korean language, as well as a master's degree in Information and Communications at Korea University.
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Lee In-young began to pay attention to politics during his university life, after joining a political event.
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Lee In-young was detained due to the breach of the National Security Act and jailed for a while.
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Lee In-young subsequently became its President and served for a year.
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Lee In-young was intended to start his political career in 1990, but promised with other members including Woo Sang-ho, served as the Vice President of the ANUSR under Lee In-young, to not do it for 10 years in order to "not ruin the meaning of student movements".
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Lee In-young ran as the MP for Guro 1st constituency, but lost to Kim Ki-bae of the Grand National Party.
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Lee In-young could be elected in the 2004 election under the banner of the Uri Party, the splinter group of the MDP.
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Lee In-young lost to Lee Beom-rae in the 2008 election, but continued his political career.
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Lee In-young ran for the presidency of the newly-formed Democratic Unionist Party, but lost to Han Myung-sook and elected as a Vice President.
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Lee In-young came back as an MP in the 2012 election and worked for Strategy and Finance Committee, Environment and Labour Committee and Gender Equality and Family Committee.
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Lee In-young ran again for the presidency of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy in 2015, but came as 3rd and lost behind of Moon Jae-in and Park Jie-won.
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On 21 April 2019, Lee In-young declared to run as the parliamentary leader of the Democratic Party.
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Lee In-young was endorsed by National Alliance for Democracy and Peace, The Better Future and The Owls Group within the party.
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Lee In-young was immediately elected as the new parliamentary leader of the party, replacing the incumbent Hong Young-pyo.
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On 3 July 2020, Lee In-young was nominated as the Minister of Unification, following the resignation of Kim Yeon-chul due to North Korea's destruction of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in June.
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On 10 May 2019, shortly after being elected as the parliamentary leader, it was reported that Lee In-young denounced civil servants along with Kim Soo-hyun, the policy director of the Blue House.
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Lee In-young mentioned by providing an example of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee, which is that "they do weird things if there's no Minister".