12 Facts About Park Kwang-on

Park Kwang-on is a South Korean broadcaster and politician.

Park Kwang-on is the incumbent Member of the National Assembly for Suwon 4th constituency since 2014, as well as the former secretary-general of the ruling liberal Democratic Party from 2020 to 2021.

Park Kwang-on was one of the vice presidents of the party from 2018 to 2020.

Park Kwang-on was born in Haenam, South Jeolla Province on 26 March 1957.

Park Kwang-on entered to MBC in 1984 and served various positions, including correspondent, reporter, news reader and so on.

Park Kwang-on served as a correspondent in Tokyo from 1997 to 2000 and weekend news leader for MBC Newsdesk from 2000 to 2002.

Park Kwang-on served as the MC of MBC 100 Minutes Debate from 2010 to 2011.

Park Kwang-on was selected as the NPAD candidate for Suwon 4th constituency at the 2014 by-election, after Kim Jin-pyo resigned in order to run as the governor of Gyeonggi.

Park Kwang-on defeated Lim Tae-hui of the then ruling Saenuri Party and subsequently became the NPAD's sole winner in Seoul Capital Area.

On 31 August 2020, Park Kwang-on was appointed the new secretary-general of the Democratic Party, under the new President Lee Nak-yon.

Park Kwang-on was elected as the floor leader of the Democratic Party with the support of a majority of lawmakers in the first round of voting.

Park Kwang-on is classified as a non-Lee Jae-myung faction that takes a neutral or critical stance against Lee Jae-myung.